Guangzhou Evergrande battle Beijing Guoan, who have the fewest points (0) away in Super League, for glory and triumph.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Super League
- Beijing Guoan have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
These teams have little in common geographically as Beijing Guoan have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
Guangzhou Evergrande are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Super League games here at Tianhe Stadium. Evergrande have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Guangzhou Evergrande are confident in defense, having played 189 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The spoils were shared in Guangzhou Evergrande's previous game, also at home. Visiting Shanghai SIPG (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Browning was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Browning won 2 of 3 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Changchun Yatai.Evergrande are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Hebei CFFC awaits in three days.
Guangzhou Evergrande has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
No Super League points yet away for Beijing Guoan, from their first 2 matches. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Beijing's last three away games as they have all been lost.
There were no winners in Beijing's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 2-2 vs Shenzhen (placed 5th). Chi got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Chi dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Guangzhou R&F wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.A new game in only three days for Beijing Guoan, the Super League home match versus Shandong Luneng. Busy days.
1 goal so far away for Beijing Guoan, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met earlier this season: Beijing Guoan - Evergrande 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Evergrande wins - draws - Beijing Guoan wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. de Oliveira Cardoso 11 goals |   Y. Zhang 9 goals |  R. Goulart Pereira 7 goals |
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
Beijing Guoan missing players
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Beijing Guoan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 42 | 22 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 25 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 78% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 56% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 56% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 22% |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.4 | 14.2 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 13.6 | 13.2 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 44% | 55% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 8.8 | 8.4 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.2 | 11.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- Beijing Guoan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Beijing Guoan have the fewest points (0) away in Super League
- Beijing Guoan have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Beijing Guoan have the most conceded goals (7) away in Super League
- Beijing Guoan have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Super League
- Beijing Guoan have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande have not yet lost a game at home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Beijing Guoan have scored away.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Super League
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 45 |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Changchun Yatai | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 32 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 28 |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Hebei CFFC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 25 |
