It's been rough for Chengdu Rongcheng so far, and that also applies to Cangzhou Mighty Lions. These struggling sides would trade their mothers for some vital points here.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Super League
- Chengdu Rongcheng have created more than twice as many corners as Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
The hosts Chengdu Rongcheng saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. That game was an away game at Beijing Guoan, so at least Rongcheng are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
Chengdu Rongcheng have played three Super League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Chengdu Rongcheng has five draws from their last five matches.
Chengdu Rongcheng drew their last game, 0-0 away at Beijing Guoan (placed 5th). Attacking player Rômulo outdid all the other players in that match and received a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Rômulo hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
Before that, Rongcheng drew at home versus Shenzhen.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chengdu Rongcheng handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Rongcheng as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Tianjin Teda are visiting.
Chengdu Rongcheng has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Chengdu Rongcheng defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
Cangzhou Mighty Lions are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cangzhou Mighty Lions are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Two away games in a row for Cangzhou, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Meizhou Hakka. The attacker Maritu got a match rating of 6.65 in that game. Maritu hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Beijing Guoan.We have checked recent matches where Cangzhou Mighty Lions have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shenzhen in just three days.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions have the goal stats of 3-6 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The newest registered match featuring both these teams is the Cangzhou Mighty Lions - Chengdu Rongcheng 0-0 played previously this season.Top Goalscorers
  R. Pacheco da Silva 1 goals | F. de Sousa Silva 1 goals |   K. Zheng 1 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| 1.7 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 13.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.3 | 7.1 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 19% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 26% |
| 9.6 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.3 | 15 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.9 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have created more than twice as many corners as Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Super League
- Chengdu Rongcheng have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 19 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Tianjin Teda | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Shanghai SIPG | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Hangzhou | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Dalian Yifang | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Wuhan Yangtze | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 3 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 3 |
| 18 | Guangzhou R&F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -16 | 0 |
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