12 points separate the teams so far this season, Shanghai SIPG having performed best. Can Dalian Professional strike back?
- Dalian Professional have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (17) in Super League
It's no vacation for neither Professional nor Shanghai SIPG as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Shanghai SIPG when visiting Professional as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Dalian Professional, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League, are 1-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Professional enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tianjin Teda's place. The match ended 3-1 with Qianglong Tao, Liangming Lin and Emmanuel Boateng scoring. Tong Lei was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Lei served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Beijing Guoan with the scoreline 0-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Dalian Professional as they have a new game in only three days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Shanghai Shenhua are visiting.
Professional have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Dalian Professional have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (17) in Super League, are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Shanghai SIPG play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Changchun Yatai (placed 2nd). Defender Guan He was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. He served one assist, hit two key passes and won 2 of 2 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Shanghai Shenhua.A new game in only three days for Shanghai, the Super League home match versus Wuhan Zall. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Shanghai's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Shanghai have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Shanghai SIPG - Professional 3-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Professional two wins, three draws and Shanghai SIPG five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lopes Pereira 4 goals |  W. Lü 4 goals |  O. dos Santos Emboaba Júnior 3 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Dalian Professional | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 60% |
| 40% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 50% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 50% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7.4 | 7 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 11 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.6 | 12.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 38% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 40% |
- Dalian Professional have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Super League
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored more than double the goals of Dalian Professional.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (17) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+11) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Hebei CFFC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 7 | Wuhan Zall | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -14 | 5 |
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