Game week two of the Super League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Guangzhou R&F - Guangzhou Evergrande preview:
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Super League match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Shenzhen, so at least Guangzhou are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
D. Saba was the last player to score a league goal for Guangzhou R&F and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Guangzhou R&F haven't scored in 228 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Guangzhou R&F will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Super League game against Shenzhen (placed 1st). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Henan Jianye (0-1).
Last season, Guangzhou R&F's league statistics were 9 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Super League. Over these 30 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 72. Playing at home last season Guangzhou R&F managed 7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 32 conceded.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
189 minutes! That's how long the Evergrande goalkeeper Dianzuo Liu and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Guangzhou Evergrande go into this game after a win, the home game against Shanghai Shenhua that ended 2-0. Before that, Evergrande secured a home win against Shanghai Shenhua with the score 3-0.
Let's have a look at how Guangzhou Evergrande performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 13 - drew 0 and lost 2 with 40/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Guangzhou R&F victories, two draws and five Guangzhou Evergrande wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Zahavi 28 goals |   J. Bezzera Maciel Júnior 19 goals |  D. Saba 13 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Guangzhou R&F | Last season | Guangzhou Evergrande | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 13 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 54 | 32 | Scored | S | 40 | 68 | ||
| 72 | 32 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 87% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | ||
| 67% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 37% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 17% | ||
| 80% | 87% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 47% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 47% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 420 | 223 | Total Shots | T S | 201 | 459 | ||
| 146 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 93 | 182 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Jiangsu Suning | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 44 | 72 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 34 | 70 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 36 | 66 |
| 4 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 51 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -5 | 41 |
| 9 | Dalian Professional | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -7 | 38 |
| 10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 36 |
| 11 | Hebei CFFC | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -18 | 33 |
| 12 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -18 | 32 |
| 13 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Tianjin Quanjian | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 34 | -26 | 21 |
| 16 | Beijing Renhe | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33 | -39 | 14 |