Game week two of the Super League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Dalian Professional - Hebei CFFC preview:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Hebei CFFC, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Dalian Professional form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Dalian Professional at their home stadium (Kunshan Sports Center Stadium) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Dalian Professional fans got no joy from their last match, a Super League game also here at Kunshan Sports Center Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Changchun Yatai (placed 2nd). Before that game, the home loss against Guangzhou R&F with the scoreline 0-4.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Dalian Professional at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Dalian Professional's league statistics were 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Super League. Over these 14 matches they scored 18 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home last season Dalian Professional managed 0-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 12 conceded.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
Hebei's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wuhan Zall that finished 1-1. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Shanghai Shenhua.
As mentioned above, Hebei CFFC drew the match against Wuhan Zall. Manager J. Kim brought on Hongbo Yin to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Let's have a look at how Hebei CFFC performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 8/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Dalian Professional, two draws and three wins for Hebei CFFC. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Danielsson 1 goals |   H. Yin 1 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Hebei CFFC missing players
| Dalian Professional | Hebei CFFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Dalian Professional | Last season | Hebei CFFC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 75% | ||
| 35% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 70% | 70% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 55% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 65% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 15% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.4 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
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