Super League: Top-drawer versus below average, at least based on the matches so far. Chengdu Rongcheng - Dalian Professional. Home win or a shock?
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Dalian Professional have yet to win a game away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium as Chengdu Rongcheng have scored 14 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Chengdu Rongcheng travelled for their previous game, a trip to Shandong Luneng that ended 2-2.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cangzhou Mighty Lions (1-2).A decent goal production from Rongcheng in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches.
Dalian Professional form and stats
There's been little loot from Dalian Professional's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Super League. Dalian Professional only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. The Dalian Professional manager Xie is a generous human being, having led his team to six draws in a row during the last 49 days.
Dalian Professional delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Changchun Yatai (placed 7th) in their previous match. Wu was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.73. The agile goalkeeper Wu topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-1 draw at Nantong Zhiyun's stadium before that.A tale of few goals? 12 of this side's latest 15 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Henan Jianye in just three days.
The attacking power of Dalian Professional when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Professional have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Dalian Professional - Chengdu Rongcheng 0-0. Rongcheng-Dalian Professional H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Chengdu Rongcheng two wins, Dalian Professional one win, two draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Pacheco da Silva 1 goals | F. de Sousa Silva 1 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 72% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 65% |
| 56% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 56% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 59% |
| 39% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 15.9 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 25% |
| 8.3 | 6.9 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have scored more than double the goals of Dalian Professional.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Dalian Professional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dalian Professional have yet to win a 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -30 | 11 |
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