Another action-packed fixture in the Super League. Nantong Zhiyun is in the 10th place from completing five matches. They receive Hangzhou who are placed 16th from five matches.
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
- Hangzhou is in the worst form (0-1-4)
These are active days for the host team, as they played only four days ago in the Super League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Changchun Yatai, was also a home game here at Tazi Lake Sports Centre Football Field 3. The away team is better rested.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Only two Super League home games for Nantong Zhiyun so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Nantong Zhiyun crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Changchun Yatai here at Tazi Lake Sports Centre Football Field 3. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through three league rounds. Midfield player Junmin got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Junmin hit three key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Before that, Nantong Zhiyun played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.Early season league goal statistics from Nantong Zhiyun's 2 home games: {1 goals}, 1 conceded.
Hangzhou form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Super League for Hangzhou with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Mushekwi was the last player to score for the away team. Hangzhou haven't scored a league goal in the last 192 minutes.
Hangzhou are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Wuhan Three Towns (placed 6th). Goalkeeper Zhao got the top player rating of the team with 8.7/10. Zhao topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-2 loss hosting Chengdu Rongcheng before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shanghai SIPG in just four days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 4 goals have been conceded by Hangzhou in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings involving these teams: Nantong won one, Hangzhou triumphed in one and we saw two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Castillo Álvarez 2 goals |  R. Baldé 2 goals |   F. Andrijašević 1 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Hangzhou missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 60% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 3.4 | 2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 19.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | 10.4 |
| 5.2 | 8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 15% | 6% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 12% |
| 13 | 7 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 15.3 | 14 |
| 2.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Hangzhou have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hangzhou have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Super League
- Hangzhou have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hangzhou have yet to win a game.
- Hangzhou is in the worst form (0-1-4)
- Nantong Zhiyun have the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
- Nantong Zhiyun have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Nantong Zhiyun have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nantong Zhiyun haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Nantong Zhiyun | Last season | Hangzhou | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 33 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 62 | 26 | Scored | S | 32 | 61 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 71% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 59% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 39% | ||
| 21% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 38% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 59% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 39% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 18% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 14 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 47% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 Shenhua | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Wuhan Three Towns | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Dalian Yifang | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Nantong Zhiyun | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Shandong Luneng | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Henan Jianye | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Hangzhou | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
