Football betting preview: Guangzhou R&F with moderate expectations before welcoming Guangzhou Evergrande

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Competition: China PR Super League
Date: Sat 20.July
Match begins: 11:35 (UTC)
Venue: Yuexiushan Stadium (20000 seats)

Guangzhou R&F will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind Guangzhou Evergrande.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Guangzhou R&F and Guangzhou Evergrande.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Guangzhou R&F form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Yuexiushan Stadium as Guangzhou R&F have scored 24 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Guangzhou R&F are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Guangzhou R&F supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tianjin Teda in Super League and win 2-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dalian Yifang (2-3).

Guangzhou R&F are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Yuexiushan Stadium, having scored an impressive 24 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Guangzhou R&F defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats

The strength of Guangzhou Evergrande, who have the most points (24) away in Super League, on their travels this season is incredible with 24 points collected from 9 away games. Guangzhou Evergrande has 8-0-1 on the road, with 22 goals scored and 7 conceded. The fact that Guangzhou Evergrande have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Guangzhou Evergrande have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

The supporters enjoyed Guangzhou Evergrande's previous game versus Dalian Yifang, a Super League 4-1 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Tianjin Teda with the score of 3-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shanghai SIPG in just four days.

With an average of more than two away goals per game, Guangzhou Evergrande are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Guangzhou Evergrande as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Guangzhou Evergrande - Guangzhou R&F 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Guangzhou R&F victories, 2 draws and 4 Guangzhou Evergrande wins. 9 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

E. Zahavi
21 goals / 1 assists
Paulinho
10 goals / 4 assists
D. Saba
8 goals / 5 assists

Guangzhou R&F missing players

Guangzhou Evergrande missing players

Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou Evergrande
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
18 9 1 Played 3 9 18
7 6 1 Won 3 8 15
3 2 0 Drew 0 0 1
8 1 0 Lost 0 1 2
37 24 4 Scored 7 22 39
40 15 2 Conceded 2 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 67% 78% 72%
83% 89% 100% Over 2.5 67% 67% 61%
67% 67% 100% Over 3.5 33% 33% 28%
39% 33% 100% Over 4.5 33% 22% 17%
83% 89% 100% BTTS 33% 44% 44%
6% 11% 0% Clean Sheets 67% 56% 50%
11% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 6%
 
4 4.8 5 Corners For (avg) 3 3.2 5
5.7 4.7 3 Corners Against (avg) 6.3 5.6 5.4
2.1 2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.3 2.1 1.7
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • All of Guangzhou R&F's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Guangzhou R&F have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guangzhou R&F have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Guangzhou R&F haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Guangzhou R&F
All Club Friendlies Super League FA Cup
All Home Away
22-06-19 SL Beijing Guoan 3 - 2 Guangzhou R&F
29-06-19 SL Guangzhou R&F 2 - 0 Henan Jianye
06-07-19 SL Guangzhou R&F 4 - 2 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
12-07-19 SL Dalian Yifang 3 - 2 Guangzhou R&F
16-07-19 SL Guangzhou R&F 2 - 1 Tianjin Teda
20-07-19 SL Guangzhou R&F 11:35 Guangzhou Evergrande
27-07-19 SL Shanghai Shenhua 11:35 Guangzhou R&F
02-08-19 SL Guangzhou R&F 11:35 Jiangsu Suning
09-08-19 SL Guangzhou R&F 11:35 Shanghai SIPG
14-08-19 SL Shenzhen 11:35 Guangzhou R&F
Guangzhou Evergrande
All AFC Champions League Club Friendlies Super League FA Cup
All Home Away
25-06-19 ACL Shandong Luneng 2 - 1 Guangzhou Evergrande
01-07-19 SL Shanghai Shenhua 0 - 3 Guangzhou Evergrande
05-07-19 SL Tianjin Quanjian 1 - 3 Guangzhou Evergrande
11-07-19 SL Tianjin Teda 0 - 3 Guangzhou Evergrande
16-07-19 SL Guangzhou Evergrande 4 - 1 Dalian Yifang
20-07-19 SL Guangzhou R&F 11:35 Guangzhou Evergrande
23-07-19 CF Guangzhou Evergrande 12:00 Southampton
24-07-19 FAC Guangzhou Evergrande 12:00 Shanghai SIPG
28-07-19 SL Guangzhou Evergrande 11:35 Beijing Renhe
03-08-19 SL Shandong Luneng 11:35 Guangzhou Evergrande

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Beijing Guoan 18 16 0 2 39 13 10 10 0 0 28 8 8 6 0 2 11 5 26 48
2 Guangzhou Evergrande 18 15 1 2 39 13 9 7 1 1 17 6 9 8 0 1 22 7 26 46
3 Shanghai SIPG 18 15 1 2 37 13 10 8 0 2 22 11 8 7 1 0 15 2 24 46
4 Shandong Luneng 18 9 4 5 32 20 9 6 2 1 16 6 9 3 2 4 16 14 12 31
5 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 18 7 6 5 25 28 9 4 3 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 16 19 -3 27
6 Wuhan Zall 18 7 4 7 24 25 10 3 4 3 12 11 8 4 0 4 12 14 -1 25
7 Guangzhou R&F 18 7 3 8 37 40 9 6 2 1 24 15 9 1 1 7 13 25 -3 24
8 Jiangsu Suning 18 6 5 7 32 30 8 5 1 2 18 11 10 1 4 5 14 19 2 23
9 Dalian Yifang 18 6 5 7 26 29 9 3 2 4 13 13 9 3 3 3 13 16 -3 23
10 Tianjin Teda 18 6 4 8 23 27 9 4 2 3 13 14 9 2 2 5 10 13 -4 22
11 Henan Jianye 18 5 5 8 24 31 8 3 1 4 12 15 10 2 4 4 12 16 -7 20
12 Hebei CFFC 18 4 4 10 18 30 9 3 2 4 11 13 9 1 2 6 7 17 -12 16
13 Shanghai Shenhua 18 4 3 11 22 33 8 2 1 5 12 18 10 2 2 6 10 15 -11 15
14 Shenzhen 18 3 5 10 15 27 9 3 2 4 9 11 9 0 3 6 6 16 -12 14
15 Tianjin Quanjian 18 1 8 9 22 35 9 0 6 3 12 17 9 1 2 6 10 18 -13 11
16 Beijing Renhe 18 3 2 13 15 36 9 3 1 5 10 14 9 0 1 8 5 22 -21 11

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