Unbroken run reaches 5 wins for Xiangtan Team
Momentum of this order is hard to earn, and Xiangtan Team have built it through 5 straight wins.
Xiangtan Team sit second in the table on 30 points, with only one side above them. Not once have the hosts lost on home soil, where they have won 6. Every one of the hosts' last 5 matches has brought at least one goal for them. Consecutive defeats have removed some of the sheen from Shaoyang Team's form. Across 13 games this season, the visitors have shared the points on 6 occasions. Ahead of the lower reaches yet short of the leaders, the visitors are 7 of 14.
A gap of 12 points separates Xiangtan Team and Shaoyang Team, with Xiangtan Team comfortably the higher placed. The latest meeting of Xiangtan Team and Shaoyang Team, this year, went against Shaoyang Team, who were beaten 2-0.
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