Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in 5th and Wuhan Zall in 4th place.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Wuhan Zall, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Chongqing Dangdai Lifan at their home stadium (Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
A good away victory last time out for Chongqing, who won 3-0 against Qingdao Hainiu (placed 7th). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Hebei CFFC.
This is expected to be a close game, with Chongqing Dangdai Lifan perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chongqing Dangdai Lifan as a small favourite), we find four games. Chongqing has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.
Chongqing are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Chongqing Dangdai Lifan have conceded 5 goals.
Wuhan Zall form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Wuhan Zall playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
The manager J. González López was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Wuhan Sports Center Stadium. Wuhan Zall suffered a 1-2 loss to Shanghai SIPG (placed 1st). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Wuhan Zall in our archives, and the results are: one win for Wuhan, one draw and three defeats.
Wuhan find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Wuhan have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Wuhan Zall - Chongqing 2-0. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Chongqing, two draws and four wins for Wuhan Zall. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Souza Pereira Junior 14 goals |   J. Kouassi 12 goals | R. da Silva 8 goals |
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan missing players
Wuhan Zall missing players
| Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | Wuhan Zall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 82% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 18% |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 167 | 85 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 46 | 96 |
| 44 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 20 | 38 |
| 36% | 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 42% |
- Wuhan Zall has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Super League
- Wuhan Zall haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Wuhan Zall | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 6 | Hebei CFFC | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Qingdao Hainiu | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 2 |