Dalian Professional are keen to improve their points total at their own ground in the upcoming match vs Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Cangzhou Mighty Lions have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Dalian Professional's struggle is real here at Dalian Sports Center with only 3 points collected from 6 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-3.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Dalian Professional, who played 1-1 against Shanghai SIPG. That match was also played at this venue (Dalian Sports Center). The Dalian Professional goalkeeper Zhang was crucial in the match against Shanghai SIPG last time out, making seven saves.
Ahead of that match, Professional lost 1-3 at home to Shandong Luneng.Dalian Professional aren't scoring a lot here at Dalian Sports Center in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Cangzhou in their previous game as they lost hosting Shandong Luneng, 0-2. Midfielder Zheng was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.01. Zheng had 29 successful passes (of 30 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Guangzhou Evergrande.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings with these sides: Dalian Professional won one, Cangzhou Mighty Lions were winners in three and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Lin 4 goals |  G. Sun 2 goals | Y. Shang 2 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Dalian Professional | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 20 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 83% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 33% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 12.3 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 7.6 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 32% | 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 30% |
| 10.4 | 11 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.8 | 14.6 |
| 4 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
- All of Dalian Professional's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Dalian Professional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Dalian Professional have created more than twice as many corners as Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
- Dalian Professional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have yet to win a game at home.
- Dalian Professional 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 34 | 34 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 33 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Shanghai SIPG | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Shenzhen | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Wuhan Zall | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -24 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -26 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
