Dalian Pro are eager to add to their points total at their own stadium in this game versus Shenzhen.
- Dalian Pro have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (55) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Shenzhen when visiting Dalian as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.
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.
Dalian Pro form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Dalian Pro have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.
In their previous game, the manager Xie led his Dalian Pro to a defeat away at Cangzhou. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Aswan Stadium. The attacker Lin was named "man of the match" for Dalian Pro with the rating of 8.04/10. Lin scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Shanghai Shenhua in a game that was won 2-1.Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Early season league goal statistics from Dalian Pro's 10 home games: {10 goals}, 10 conceded. Dalian Pro has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Shenzhen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shenzhen so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-9 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Shenzhen have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.
Guoliang was the last player to score for the away team. Shenzhen haven't scored a league goal in the last 262 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Shenzhen as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-3 against Shanghai Shenhua. Midfield player Wakaso was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Wakaso hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 61 successful passes (of 74 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cangzhou wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this side's 13 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The attacking power of Shenzhen when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. The Shenzhen defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 34 goals in their away games. When Shenzhen is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Henan Songshan Longmen, Nantong Zhiyun, Meizhou Hakka, Shenzhen and Qingdao Jonoon.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head meeting ended Shenzhen - Dalian 2-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Dalian Pro victories, zero draws and three Shenzhen wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Manzoki 6 goals |   F. Opoku Acheampong 5 goals | L. Lin 4 goals |
Dalian Pro missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Dalian Pro | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 29 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 34 | 55 |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 82% | 76% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 55% | 48% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 45% | 33% |
| 67% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 57% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 55% | 43% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 9.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6.5 | 8.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 28% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 31% |
| 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 19 | 17.4 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
- Dalian Pro have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Super League
- Shenzhen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Shenzhen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shenzhen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shenzhen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (34) away in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (55) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the the worst goal difference (-26) away in Super League
- Shenzhen have the the worst goal difference (-36) in Super League
- Shenzhen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shenzhen have yet to win a game away.
- Shenzhen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shenzhen is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 38 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Shandong Taishan | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 21 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Cangzhou | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -9 | 22 |
| 12 | Qingdao Jonoon | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 15 | Dalian Pro | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 34 | -36 | 12 |
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