There has been good and bad for these contenders so far this season, sitting in positions near the center of the Super League table. Here's the Changchun Yatai - Tianjin Teda latest:
It's quite the trip for Tianjin Teda when visiting Changchun as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Changchun Yatai and Tianjin Teda should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Changchun Yatai have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games.
The Changchun Yatai manager Chen and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Chengdu Rongcheng (placed 8th). A disappointing finish for Changchun in their match versus Chengdu Rongcheng as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score. The Changchun Yatai goalkeeper Wu was crucial in the match against Chengdu Rongcheng last time out, making eleven saves.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Shanghai Shenhua.Changchun aren't scoring a lot here at Changchun's People Stadium in the league, with only {13 goals} from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Changchun Yatai are not conceding a lot of goals here at Changchun's People Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Tianjin Teda form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Rosa, Ba, Berić (2) and Gao scored in Tianjin Teda's previous match, the home game against Hebei CFFC that ended 5-0. As you can tell from the results above, Tianjin was very dominant against Hebei CFFC, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Rosa, Ba, Berić (2) and Gao providing the goals. Attacker Berić got a player rating of 8.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Berić scored two goals.
A 1-4 defeat away at Shandong Luneng before that.Tianjin Teda find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Tianjin Teda have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Tianjin Teda - Changchun 2-2 was the score in these squads' latest H2H fixture, earlier this season. Stats for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Changchun Yatai, five draws and three wins for Tianjin Teda. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 9 goals |  L. Tan 6 goals |  E. Nascimento de Lima 6 goals |
Changchun Yatai missing players
Tianjin Teda missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Tianjin Teda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 33 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 32 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 79% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 62% | 50% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 71% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 31% | 46% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 25% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | 17% |
| 54% | 43% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 46% | 50% |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 29% |
| 33% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 9.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 41% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 38% | 38% |
| 12.8 | 11.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shandong Luneng | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 59 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 48 | 56 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 8 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -16 | 27 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -22 | 15 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -25 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 39 | -66 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
