Super League: Dalian Professional are 13 points after Changchun Yatai, but are motivated to go all in. Bring it on!
- Dalian Professional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Changchun Yatai have the most scored goals (30) in Super League
It's no vacation for neither Professional nor Changchun Yatai as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
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, 5 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Shanghai Stadium. With seven home Super League games in a row without a win, the Dalian Professional fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Dalian Professional drew their last game, 1-1 away at Nantong Zhiyun (placed 14th). The result 1-1 has "struck" the home team three league games in a row! Wang was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.21 out of 10. The defender Wang won 11 of 15 duels.
Before that, Professional played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Shanghai SIPG.Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 14 league games, 11 have produced zero, one or two goals.
Dalian Professional have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
3-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Changchun Yatai, who have the most scored goals (30) in Super League, in their Super League matches away. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Changchun Yatai are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Changchun's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Hangzhou that finished 2-2. The draw against Hangzhou came from a losing position. The Changchun Yatai manager Chen brought on Yan as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Wang got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, top player of the team. Wang served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Wuhan Three Towns before that.Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this club's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Changchun has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. Changchun Yatai struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Changchun Yatai have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when facing Professional.The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the result Changchun Yatai - Dalian Professional 3-2 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Tan 7 goals |  S. Soler de Oliveira Júnior 3 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Changchun Yatai missing players
| Dalian Professional | Changchun Yatai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 30 |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 29 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 81% |
| 31% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 69% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 69% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 19% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.9 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.5 | 12.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 26% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 12.8 | 13 | 17.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 25 | 17.8 | 13.9 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.6 | 5.6 |
- Changchun Yatai have scored more than double the goals of Dalian Professional.
- Changchun Yatai have the most scored goals (30) in Super League
- Changchun Yatai haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dalian Professional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 37 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -27 | 11 |
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