This is Super League and Dalian Professional - Guangzhou Evergrande. In this preview and news article you'll find statistics, results, analysis, tendencies and news!
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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
5-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Dalian Professional so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Dalian Professional bring valid hopes of a third.
Happy days for Dalian Professional in their previous game, a fixture away at Shenzhen (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Lin, a forward, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 8.42 (out of 10). Lin scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Shanghai SIPG.Professional have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dalian Sports Center with 21 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Guangzhou Evergrande so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-10 (win-draw-lose). Guangzhou Evergrande are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run.
Guangzhou Evergrande failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Hangzhou (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-5. Evergrande lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one. Defender Hengbo was the best team player with a rating of 7.02. Hengbo hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
A draw for Guangzhou Evergrande before that, at their own venue hosting Cangzhou Mighty Lions (3-3).Lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league matches all having at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
The schedule is very tough for Guangzhou Evergrande now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Sichuan is waiting in only three days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Evergrande's away games in the league this season with only {5 goals} from 12 matches. Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Guangzhou Evergrande have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Dalian Professional.This is what happened when the contenders met previously this season; Guangzhou Evergrande - Professional 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Wei 4 goals |  D. Yan 2 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Dalian Professional | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 32 | 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 39 | 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 26 | 45 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 92% | 88% |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 58% |
| 58% | 57% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 54% |
| 29% | 29% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 25% |
| 8% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 21% |
| 54% | 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 21% | 14% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 21% |
| 29% | 21% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.3 | 12.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.2 | 8.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 38% | 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 16% | 25% |
| 9.9 | 9.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.9 | 13.9 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
- All of Dalian Professional's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dalian Professional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Guangzhou Evergrande have scored away.
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Super League
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 50 | 59 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 37 | 59 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 46 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 42 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 40 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 37 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -18 | 27 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -26 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -28 | 13 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 39 | -66 | 0 |
