This is a vital duel in the lower part of the League One, with both Jiangxi Liansheng and Xinjiang Tianshan enduring more anxiety than happiness. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the hosting team at 16th and the visiting team in 18th place.
- Jiangxi Liansheng have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
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.
Jiangxi Liansheng form and stats
Jiangxi Liansheng's struggle is real here with only 2 points collected from 8 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-6. Liansheng are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in 13 attempts. The last victory here came in the Chengdu Qianbao match.
The Jiangxi Liansheng crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Shenyang Urban here in a League One match.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Meizhou Hakka (1-4).Liansheng has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Jiangxi Liansheng having conceded 20 goals here so far.
Xinjiang Tianshan form and stats
There's been little loot from Xinjiang Tianshan's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 8 away games in the League One. Xinjiang Tianshan only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Xinjiang have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Meizhou Hakka game.
Kurban Ibrahim was the last player to score for the away team. Xinjiang haven't scored a league goal in the last 187 minutes.
Xinjiang Tianshan might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Nanjing City proved too strong as Xinjiang Tianshan slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Changzhou Institute of Technology.
Prior to that match, the Xinjiang manager E. Pei faced defeat when travelling to Nantong Zhiyun and losing 0-3.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to BIT.
Xinjiang are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Xinjiang manager E. Pei has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Liansheng-Xinjiang Tianshan H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Jiangxi Liansheng zero wins, Xinjiang Tianshan one win, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Lima De Sousa 3 goals | M. Zhu 3 goals |   J. Zhuang 3 goals |
Jiangxi Liansheng missing players
Xinjiang Tianshan missing players
| Jiangxi Liansheng | Xinjiang Tianshan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 54 | 30 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 31 | 68 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 69% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 78% |
| 50% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 38% | 46% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 33% |
| 23% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 26% |
| 42% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 54% | 37% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 46% | 46% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 46% | 63% |
| 3 | 2.1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 62% | 64% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 53% | 43% |
| 6.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10.2 | 10 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- Jiangxi Liansheng have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Jiangxi Liansheng have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Jiangxi Liansheng have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Jiangxi Liansheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jiangxi Liansheng have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in League One
- Jiangxi Liansheng have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Jiangxi Liansheng have yet to win a game at home.
- Jiangxi Liansheng haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest points (2) away in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in League One
- Xinjiang Tianshan have yet to win a game away.
- Xinjiang Tianshan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Meizhou Hakka | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 64 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 61 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 58 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 55 |
| 5 | Nantong Zhiyun | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 44 |
| 7 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 41 |
| 9 | Sichuan | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Nanjing City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 12 | Suzhou Dongwu | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Zibo Sunday | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 25 |
| 14 | Shenyang Urban | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -15 | 25 |
| 15 | Beijing BG | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -24 | 17 |
| 17 | BIT | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 23 | -39 | 9 |
| 18 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -38 | 8 |
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