Both these teams are in pretty good shape, Wuhan Three Towns having a 29 point lead on Dalian Professional in the standings. Get this show on the road!
- Dalian Professional have the most points from losing position (13) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (80) 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
6 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Dalian Professional have to build on here at Dalian Sports Center in the Super League. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Professional are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Happy days for Dalian Professional in their previous game, a fixture away at Shanghai Shenhua (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Lin, having bagged a goal in three matches in a row. The attacking player Tsonev was declared "man of the match" for Professional with the rating of 7.85/10. Tsonev scored one goal.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Beijing Guoan with a 3-1 scoreline.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Dalian Professional have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dalian Sports Center with 24 goals in 16 league matches. 23 goals have been conceded.
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
The strength of Wuhan Three Towns on their travels this season is incredible with 35 points collected from 14 Super League away games. Wuhan Three Towns has 11-2-1 on the road, with 30 goals scored and 8 conceded. Wuhan Three Towns has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Hangzhou.
Wuhan Three Towns's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Shandong Luneng that finished 1-1. Midfield player Stanciu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Stanciu served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Wuhan won their away game at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright. The scoreline was 4-0.Goal hungry football fans should note that 21 of this side's 27 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
Wuhan Three Towns have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 30 goals from 14 away matches. It's not easy to score on Wuhan as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have met before this season: Wuhan Three Towns - Dalian Professional 4-0. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Marcao with 2 goals scored against Dalian Professional in these 1 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Amaral Alves 25 goals |  D. da Luz Pereira 17 goals |  L. Lin 12 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
| Dalian Professional | Wuhan Three Towns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 45 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 9 | 34 | 84 |
| 45 | 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 87% | 90% |
| 60% | 56% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 67% | 77% |
| 30% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 50% |
| 10% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 63% | 69% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 53% |
| 17% | 12% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 53% | 43% |
| 23% | 19% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13.1 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 16.9 | 18.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 5.2 | 6.8 |
| 38% | 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 44% | 41% |
| 9.8 | 9.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3 | 3.1 |
- All of Dalian Professional's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dalian Professional have the most points from losing position (13) in Super League
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Wuhan Three Towns have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most points (35) away in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (80) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals in the first half (39) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+22) away in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+54) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns 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 | Shandong Luneng | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 44 | 65 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 80 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 54 | 68 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 27 | 55 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 54 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 50 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 49 |
| 7 | Shanghai SIPG | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 52 |
| 8 | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 39 |
| 9 | Tianjin Teda | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 10 | Meizhou Hakka | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 43 |
| 11 | Dalian Professional | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -4 | 34 |
| 13 | Changchun Yatai | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -25 | 30 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 29 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -31 | 16 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -32 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -31 | 16 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 28 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 96 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -81 | -6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
