Shenzhen have rested up following their 1-5-game versus Wuhan Three Towns and are looking forward to face Dalian Professional. Get all the knowledge!
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (20) away in Super League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dalian Professional form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Dalian Professional have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Aswan Stadium. When Dalian Professional hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cangzhou Mighty Lions, Guangzhou R&F, Hebei CFFC, Guangzhou Evergrande and Dalian Professional), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The followers are hoping that Professional will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the game against Meizhou Hakka (placed 4th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through three league rounds. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Shang, a striker, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.63 (out of 10). Shang scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Guangzhou Evergrande that finished 0-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Hebei CFFC in only four days. This game is also played here at Aswan Stadium.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Shenzhen form and stats
There's been little loot from Shenzhen's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Super League. Shenzhen only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. With the Shenzhen losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
There might be some fixture complaints from Shenzhen as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-5 against Wuhan Three Towns. Shenzhen lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one. The attacker Acheampong got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Acheampong scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Guangzhou Evergrande wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shenzhen manager Lee as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Wuhan Zall.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shenzhen have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. Shenzhen have conceded 20 goals in these games. When Shenzhen is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cangzhou Mighty Lions, Guangzhou R&F, Hebei CFFC, Shenzhen and Guangzhou Evergrande.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these squads: Professional won eight, Shenzhen triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Opoku Acheampong 6 goals |  S. Pei 2 goals |  T. Dai 2 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Dalian Professional | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 28 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 64% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 64% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 6 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.1 | 10 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 30% | 31% |
| 10.2 | 10.1 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
- All of Dalian Professional's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Super League
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shenzhen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Shenzhen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Shenzhen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (20) away in Super League
- Shenzhen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 42 | 43 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Meizhou Hakka | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Shanghai SIPG | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Hangzhou | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Wuhan Zall | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 10 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -27 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -35 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
