The visiting Guangzhou Evergrande side should be favourites in this visit to Dalian Professional, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their six league games this season.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Guangzhou Evergrande, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Dalian Professional have played three Super League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Professional lost their last game at Shenzhen (placed 6th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Guangzhou R&F that was lost 0-1.
Professional are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Shandong Luneng awaits in four days.
The Professional fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Professional have conceded 5 from these games.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
Guangzhou Evergrande, who have the most scored goals (15) in Super League, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Super League.
Guangzhou Evergrande won their last game, 2-1 versus Jiangsu Suning played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Henan Jianye.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Evergrande alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (11 from 3 played). Evergrande are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Professional won one, Guangzhou Evergrande won eight and one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bezzera Maciel Júnior 19 goals |  S. Wei 11 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Dalian Professional | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 3 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 2.7 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | 38 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 40 | 72 |
| 25 | 16 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 16 | 24 |
| 32% | 19% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 69% | 62% |
- All of Guangzhou Evergrande's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Dalian Professional has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
- Dalian Professional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Dalian Professional have yet to win a game.
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dalian Professional is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most points (9) away
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (11) away
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (15)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the first half (7)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+11)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+9) away
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have won all their away games so far.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Guangzhou Evergrande is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Jiangsu Suning | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Guangzhou R&F | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 6 | Shenzhen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 2 |