Finally! The Super League season debut for these participants, whom look forward to competing for points again. Will Changchun Yatai or Guangzhou R&F get that crucial first victory?
It's quite the trip for Guangzhou R&F when visiting Changchun as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Changchun Yatai as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 15 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses from 30 games. The team scored 24 goals at home last season and conceded 19. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Changchun as they are travelling to their away game against Hangzhou in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Let's have a look at how Guangzhou R&F performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 72 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 12 with 22/40 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Dalian Professional.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Changchun Yatai won five games, one match ended with a tie and Guangzhou R&F got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  G. Figueiredo Pinto Júnior 11 goals |   G. Costa Marques 5 goals |
Changchun Yatai missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Changchun Yatai | Last season | Guangzhou R&F | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 77% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 50% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | ||
| 55% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 59% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 27% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 12.5 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 14.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
