With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Super League game of the season. Dalian Professional look forward to welcoming Henan Jianye in front of their home support.
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 Henan Jianye have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Dalian Professional form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Super League game of the season here at Dalian University Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from Dalian Professional's 15 home games.
The Professional fans got no joy from their last match, a Super League game also here at Dalian University Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Shandong Luneng (placed 4th). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Beijing Renhe.
The manager R. Benítez Maudes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jiangsu Suning in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Dalian Professional's 1 home game: 2 goals, 3 conceded.
Last season, Dalian Professional's league statistics were 10 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Super League. Over these 30 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 51. Playing at home last season Dalian Professional managed 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 20 conceded.
Henan Jianye form and stats
The manager J. Yang was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium. Jianye suffered a 3-4 loss to Jiangsu Suning (placed 3rd). Before that, Henan Jianye secured a home win against Guangzhou R&F with the score 1-0.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for Jianye in their fight with Jiangsu Suning last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 3-4 loss. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Jianye, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Let's have a look at how Henan Jianye performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 18/28 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Professional won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Henan Jianye has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fourTop Goalscorers
  F. Ohandza Zoa 10 goals |   E. Boateng 8 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Dalian Professional | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | 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% |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Dalian Professional | Last season | Henan Jianye | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 51 | 20 | Conceded | C | 28 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 73% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 23% | ||
| 67% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 63% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 23% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 23% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 378 | 196 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 342 | ||
| 130 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 125 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Jiangsu Suning | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)