Boasting a 4 point lead in the league table, Tianjin Teda club members hope to see their beloved team win full points from this game vs Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
- Tianjin Teda have the most points from losing position (5) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts Tianjin Teda saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. That game was an away game at Chengdu Rongcheng, so at least Tianjin are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Tianjin Teda form and stats
The complete Super League results playing at home this season for Tianjin Teda are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The club members are hoping that Tianjin Teda will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Chengdu Rongcheng (placed 13th). Midfield player Wang got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Wang dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 48 total).
Ahead of that match, Tianjin lost 1-2 at home to Beijing Guoan.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tianjin Teda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Tianjin have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Cangzhou Mighty Lions in their previous game as they lost hosting Shenzhen, 1-2. Attacker Maritu got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Maritu dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Cangzhou Mighty Lions travelled to Chengdu Rongcheng and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Cangzhou Mighty Lions in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Cangzhou Mighty Lions, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Cangzhou struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought earlier this season: Cangzhou Mighty Lions - Tianjin Teda 0-2. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Tianjin wins - draws - Cangzhou Mighty Lions wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ba 4 goals |   O. Taty Maritu 2 goals |  W. Xie 1 goals |
Tianjin Teda missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Tianjin Teda | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 78% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 11.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 41% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 40% | 29% |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.8 | 14.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5 | 4.6 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tianjin Teda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tianjin Teda have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Tianjin Teda have the most points from losing position (5) in Super League
- Tianjin Teda 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 25 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Shanghai SIPG | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Shenzhen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Wuhan Yangtze | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Tianjin Teda | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -12 | 3 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -14 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -16 | 3 |
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