The guesting Shanghai Shenhua team are thought to be the strongest party at Dalian Professional, as the visitors have a 23 point supremacy from their 19 league fixtures this season.
- Dalian Professional have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (8) in Super League
These teams have little in common geographically as Shanghai Shenhua have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Dalian Professional form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Dalian Professional have only managed 1 win, 6 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Dalian Sports Center. With eight home Super League games in a row without a win, the Dalian Professional fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
No payout for Professional in their previous match, an away game at Meizhou Hakka that ended in defeat 1-2. The attacker Lobi was announced as "man of the match" for Dalian Professional with the rating of 7.21/10. Lobi scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 1-1 result against Henan Jianye (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) before that one, played at home in the FA Cup.
Dalian Professional are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Cangzhou Mighty Lions awaits in four days.
Professional have scored {8 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The manager Wu was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Hongkou Stadium. Shanghai Shenhua suffered a 0-5 loss to Shanghai SIPG (placed 1st). Shanghai Shenhua lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one. Attacker Bassogog got a player rating of 7.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Bassogog hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, the victory at home hosting Hangzhou in the FA Cup (5-1).
A new game in only four days for Shanghai, the Super League home match versus Shenzhen. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shanghai Shenhua have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. Shanghai Shenhua are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other previously this season, with the final score Shanghai Shenhua - Professional 1-0 logged in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Dalian Professional won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Shanghai Shenhua managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 6 goals |   C. Manzoki 5 goals |  H. Yu 5 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Dalian Professional | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 26 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 84% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 58% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 63% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 16% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 37% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.5 | 10.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 12.1 | 12.5 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 28% | 25% |
| 12.8 | 12.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.9 | 11.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
- Dalian Professional have the fewest points (9) at home in Super League
- Dalian Professional have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Super League
- Dalian Professional have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (8) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 35 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 30 | -32 | 12 |
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