Here's all you need to know, and even more, before watching the Guangzhou R&F - Dalian Professional fixture!
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals (17) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Super League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dalian Professional, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
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 R&F form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Guangzhou R&F have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 4 games. It's been an uphill battle for Guangzhou in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Shandong Luneng game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Guangzhou R&F suffered an unexpected loss 1-3 against Changchun Yatai in their previous outing, also a home game. Chen, a natural forward, was the best player for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 7.43 (out of 10). Chen scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Hangzhou that was lost 2-4.There will be little rest for Guangzhou R&F after this match as they are travelling to Shandong Luneng for a Super League game in only four days.
Guangzhou R&F have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Guangzhou having conceded 11 goals here at Pennant Hills Park so far.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Super League for Dalian Professional with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Dalian Professional are looking to quickly end their 225 minutes long goal drought in the Super League.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Henan Jianye with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Huang was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Huang hit two key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.
A 0-3 defeat away at Shandong Luneng before that.A new game in only four days for Dalian Professional, the Super League home match versus Changchun Yatai. Busy days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Dalian Professional has managed 3 goals and let in 6 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head match ended Dalian Professional - Guangzhou 2-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Guangzhou R&F victories, two draws and four Dalian Professional wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Zhang 1 goals |  T. Li 1 goals |  Z. Chen 1 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 5.7 |
| 7.5 | 8.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.7 | 8.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.3 | 9.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 18 | 21.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.3 | 10.3 |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
- All of Dalian Professional's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dalian Professional have created more than twice as many corners as Guangzhou R&F.
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Dalian Professional have yet to win a game away.
- Dalian Professional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guangzhou R&F have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Guangzhou R&F have lost all their matches so far.
- Guangzhou R&F have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals (11) at home in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals (17) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F 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 | Henan Jianye | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Changchun Yatai | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Shenzhen | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Wuhan Zall | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Shanghai SIPG | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Dalian Professional | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Tianjin Teda | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Hangzhou | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Chengdu Qianbao | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -10 | 0 |
| 18 | Guangzhou R&F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -13 | 0 |
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