Dalian Professional and Tianjin Teda have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. Both hold mid-table spots in the Super League.
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Super League
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!
Dalian Professional form and stats
All-inclusive Super League stats playing at home this season for Dalian Professional are 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Dalian Professional's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Shanghai Shenhua (placed 3rd). The first loss after going undefeated through three league rounds. Heartbreak for Professional in their last match as Shanghai Shenhua's Jianrong scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Fei was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.35 (out of ten) in that game. Fei hit one key pass.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Beijing Guoan.Both teams to score: YES! That has happened in 5 league games in a row for this team. Could it happen again?
The Dalian Professional fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Professional have conceded 18 from these games.
Tianjin Teda form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Tianjin Teda playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
The Tianjin Teda goalkeeper Jingqi Fang is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 239 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Tianjin Teda, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Henan Jianye (placed 5th) last time out. Those three points felt nice as this side had gone five league fixtures without victory. Midfield player Tian was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Tian hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Guangzhou Evergrande.Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 5 league matches in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.
After this away game Tianjin return home for a Super League game against Wuhan Three Towns. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tianjin Teda have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tianjin have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent meetings featuring these opponents have all finished as Dalian Professional wins. Will history repeat itself?The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ba 5 goals |  W. Xie 3 goals |  R. Berič 2 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Tianjin Teda missing players
| Dalian Professional | Tianjin Teda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 22 |
| 30 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 94% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 67% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 39% |
| 33% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 11% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 11% |
| 61% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 50% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 28% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 28% |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.5 | 11.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 37% | 40% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 37% | 37% |
| 9.9 | 9.7 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.6 | 9.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
- All of Dalian Professional's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dalian Professional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Super League
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 9 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -44 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
