It's still early in the Super League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Dalian Professional - Guangzhou R&F preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Guangzhou R&F have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Dalian Professional have less points than they have played home games in the Super League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.
Professional drew their last game, 2-2 away at Shanghai Shenhua (placed 4th). Prior to that, an away loss at Jiangsu Suning.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Professional have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost zero.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Dalian Professional at home in the league. 3 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
The Super League season is young and Guangzhou R&F, who have the most conceded goals (11) in Super League, have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Guangzhou R&F might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Jiangsu Suning proved too strong as Guangzhou R&F slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Yuexiushan Stadium. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Henan Jianye that ended 1-1.
We have checked recent matches where Guangzhou have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, zero draws and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Guangzhou manager G. van Bronckhorst as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Shanghai Shenhua.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Guangzhou R&F has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Professional-Guangzhou R&F H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dalian Professional four wins, Guangzhou R&F three wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Zahavi 28 goals |  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 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 26 | 48 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 7% |
- Dalian Professional has the most conceded goals in the second half (7)
- Dalian Professional has the most matches over the total-line (3)
- Guangzhou R&F has the fewest scored goals (1)
- Guangzhou R&F has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1)
- Guangzhou R&F has the most conceded goals (11)
- Guangzhou R&F has the most conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Guangzhou R&F has the the worst goal difference (-10)
- Guangzhou R&F has the the worst goal difference (-3) away
- Guangzhou R&F is in the worst form (0-1-3)
| Dalian Professional | Last season | Guangzhou R&F | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 12 | 16 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 54 | ||
| 51 | 20 | Conceded | C | 40 | 72 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 87% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 37% | ||
| 67% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 80% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 3% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 17% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 378 | 196 | Total Shots | T S | 197 | 420 | ||
| 130 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 146 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jiangsu Suning | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Shenzhen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -10 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 44 | 72 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 34 | 70 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 36 | 66 |
| 4 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 51 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -5 | 41 |
| 9 | Dalian Professional | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -7 | 38 |
| 10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 36 |
| 11 | Hebei CFFC | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -18 | 33 |
| 12 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -18 | 32 |
| 13 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Tianjin Quanjian | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 34 | -26 | 21 |
| 16 | Beijing Renhe | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33 | -39 | 14 |
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