The visiting Jiangsu Suning side should be favourites in this visit to Dalian Professional, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their nine league games this season.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Dalian Professional have played 4 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Professional goalkeeper Chong Zhang is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
Professional enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Henan Jianye's place. The match ended 4-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Shandong Luneng with a 1-0 scoreline.
As mentioned above, Dalian Professional "killed" Henan Jianye in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Dalian Professional has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Jiangsu Suning form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Jiangsu Suning have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Jiangsu Suning, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Shandong Luneng (placed 3rd) in the Super League last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs Henan Jianye.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Jiangsu are regular goalscorers on their travels. Jiangsu have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Jiangsu Suning - Dalian Professional 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Professional three wins, three draws and Jiangsu Suning four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Teixeira Santos 18 goals |  E. Citadin Martins 12 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Jiangsu Suning missing players
| Dalian Professional | Jiangsu Suning | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 4.1 | 5.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | 59 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 47 | 124 |
| 42 | 21 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 15 | 36 |
| 36% | 24% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 53% | 44% |
- Dalian Professional has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
- Dalian Professional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Dalian Professional have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Dalian Professional have yet to win a game at home.
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Jiangsu Suning have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jiangsu Suning have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Jiangsu Suning haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 12 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -15 | 7 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
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