Dalian Professional are welcoming Guangzhou R&F for another important game after their 0-0 result against Guangzhou R&F.
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.
Guangzhou R&F have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Dalian Professional's results here at Dalian University Stadium in the Super League have been very modest with 0 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Dalian Professional are slowly digging their own grave here at Dalian University Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Shandong Luneng match.
An away draw last time out for Professional, facing Guangzhou R&F in a game that ended 0-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Tianjin Teda with a 2-1 scoreline.
The Professional fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Dalian Professional defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Guangzhou R&F in their Super League matches away.
Guangzhou played 0-0 against Dalian Professional in their previous match. A 2-3 defeat away at Henan Jianye before that.
Guangzhou have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Guangzhou struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Guangzhou R&F - Dalian Professional 1-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Professional two wins, three draws and Guangzhou R&F five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Saba 13 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Dalian Professional | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 23 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 26 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 34 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 58% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 245 | 123 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 86 | 183 |
| 88 | 44 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 33 | 62 |
| 26% | 20% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 31% |
- Dalian Professional has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Super League
- Dalian Professional has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Dalian Professional have yet to win a game at home.
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Guangzhou R&F has the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F 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 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 15 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 6 |
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