This match features two teams living in the basement of the Super League, Guangzhou R&F holding 6th place and Henan Jianye lying 8th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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.
Henan Jianye have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Guangzhou R&F's struggle is real here at Dalian University Stadium with only 6 points collected from 7 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-5.
Guangzhou's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Qingdao Hainiu. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Guangzhou played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Qingdao Hainiu.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Guangzhou have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.
Guangzhou have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Guangzhou with 17 goals conceded in these matches.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Henan Jianye, who have the most conceded goals (33) in Super League, have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-1-5 (7 played).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Wuhan Zall in their previous outing. The Super League match ended in a draw 1-1. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Wuhan Zall.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Henan Jianye playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Henan Jianye win, two draws and one defeat.
Jianye have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Jianye have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Guangzhou R&F - Henan Jianye 3-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Guangzhou R&F won four, Henan Jianye won three and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Saba 13 goals |   F. Ohandza Zoa 10 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 29 | 18 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 34 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 88% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 69% |
| 25% | 12% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 167 | 93 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 82 | 159 |
| 55 | 27 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 30 | 51 |
| 29% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 31% |
- All of Henan Jianye's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Guangzhou R&F has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Guangzhou R&F haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Henan Jianye has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the fewest points (4) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the most conceded goals (16) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the most conceded goals (33) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the the worst goal difference (-19) in Super League
- Henan Jianye has the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Super League
- Henan Jianye have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Henan Jianye have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Henan Jianye have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Henan Jianye 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 15 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 6 |
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