It's advantage Guangzhou Evergrande so far with their 1st position in the Super League table, welcoming Shenzhen who are placed 5th.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Guangzhou Evergrande, who have the most scored goals (23) in Super League, are 3-0-1 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Guangzhou Evergrande after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Evergrande's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Guangzhou R&F (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Shanghai Shenhua with a 4-1 scoreline.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Paulinho scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Evergrande home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager F. Cannavaro will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shandong Luneng in only four days.
The Guangzhou Evergrande fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Guangzhou Evergrande are not conceding a lot of goals here at Dalian University Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Shenzhen form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Shenzhen have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Shenzhen goalkeeper Wei Guo is eager to challenge this, with his 266 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
There were no winners in Shenzhen's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 0-0 vs Shanghai Shenhua (placed 4th). Prior to that result Shenzhen won their away game at Guangzhou R&F. The scoreline was 2-0.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Shenzhen played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.
Shenzhen have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As for defending, Shenzhen rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Shenzhen - Evergrande 1-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Evergrande won nine games, one match ended with a draw and Shenzhen has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. Bezzera Maciel Júnior 19 goals |  S. Wei 11 goals |  A. Souza Conceição 11 goals |
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 56% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 119 | 54 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 55 | 106 |
| 43 | 15 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| 53% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 46% |
- All of Shenzhen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most points (9) at home
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most points from losing position (7)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (23)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the first half (8)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the second half (15)
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+15)
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Guangzhou Evergrande is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Shenzhen have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Shenzhen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 12 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -15 | 7 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 6 |