The Super League overall standings tell a story about these squads up until now, with Chengdu Rongcheng in front of Guangzhou R&F by 30 points. Get your full match preview:
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Chengdu Rongcheng at their home stadium (Pennant Hills Park) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat. In general it's been a long time since Chengdu Rongcheng tasted defeat here at Pennant Hills Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
A nice win for Rongcheng last time playing, versus Shandong Luneng. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Rômulo (2) scoring for the victors. The talented striker Rômulo outperformed all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 8.22 out of 10. Rômulo scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A win at home ahead of that match, as anticipated. The team were big favourites against Hebei CFFC and won 3-0.
A decent goal production from Chengdu Rongcheng in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. Chengdu Rongcheng's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
There's been little loot from Guangzhou R&F's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 13 away games in the Super League. Guangzhou R&F only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Guangzhou who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Hebei CFFC was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Guangzhou R&F's previous game was their home loss versus Beijing Guoan (1-2). The attacker Guilherme got a match rating of 7.33 in that game. Guilherme scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
Before that, the FA Cup win away at Xi'an Ronghai.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Guangzhou have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Guangzhou R&F - Chengdu Rongcheng 1-2 was the scoreline in these squads' previous h2h match, earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Rongcheng victory, one draw and zero Guangzhou R&F wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Song 3 goals |  H. Gui 3 goals |  C. Ye 3 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 35 | 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 22 |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | 50 |
| 85% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 69% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 85% | 81% |
| 46% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 54% | 58% |
| 19% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| 12% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | 15% |
| 50% | 73% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 46% | 42% |
| 38% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 38% | 42% |
| 6.1 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 15.2 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 31% | 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 42% | 32% |
| 8.8 | 9.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.2 | 14 | 14.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
- Chengdu Rongcheng have created more than twice as many corners as Guangzhou R&F.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chengdu Rongcheng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Super League
- Chengdu Rongcheng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guangzhou R&F have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 51 | 62 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 40 | 62 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 49 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 43 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 43 |
| 8 | Shanghai Shenhua | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 12 | Dalian Yifang | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -23 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -28 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 86 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -73 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
