Zibo Qisheng vs Jinan Xingzhou tips and predictions

Tough assignment for Zibo Qisheng

The visitors tend to do their day job at a level above the hosts but there are some stats that look good for a home win in this match-up. While it's not very unusual to see these big odds against the home team they shouldn't be dismissed.

Zibo Qisheng have been written off and that isn't news to anyone. But the visitors are just too short a price. They will probably get the job done but they are unbackable.

Zibo Qisheng will have taken notes from Jinan Xingzhou's reverses in their recent results. On the road the visitors have not been threatening; they've lost 3 of their last 5 away trips. For a team so short in the betting, perhaps they'd be expected to have done better than this.

And while they are expected to get a result against Zibo Qisheng they are not unbeatable and a home win might be a reasonable play.

Zibo Qisheng are going to have to produce a standard of football most people don't think they are capable of. While probably not enough to change the result of the match, the hosts have posted some good numbers. The home team is in some form on their own soil. They have scored three or more goals in 1 of their recent 3 home matches and they have only conceded an average of 1.2 goals over their last 19 games.

When tested away from home Jinan Xingzhou have actually conceded at least once in all of their last 7 matches. And the home side will be desperately looking for evidence that this might not be one-way traffic. The attacking form shown by the visitors has been short of quality. They averaged just 0.9 goals in their last 9 matches.

Perhaps this doesn't ignite because of the massive favouritism for Jinan Xingzhou. The BTTS No could be the bet to take from this market. Obviously all of this depends on how the hosts deal with a calibre of football they aren't used to.