The Guangzhou R&F manager G. van Bronckhorst attacks this game with the team placed 8th so far. In the visitors dressing room Jiangsu Suning and their manager A. Olăroiu are in 2nd place before this match.
Guangzhou have less rest than Jiangsu Suning in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Henan Jianye, so at least Guangzhou R&F are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Guangzhou R&F's first Super League home game here at Dalian University Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 15 matches.
Guangzhou travelled for their previous game, a trip to Henan Jianye that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Guangzhou Evergrande that was lost 0-5.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Guangzhou R&F at home in the league. 0 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Jiangsu Suning form and stats
Only one away game in the Super League so far for Jiangsu Suning and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 6 draws and 5 losses from 15 travels.
Jiangsu are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Super League against Dalian Professional (placed 7th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Shandong Luneng.
Jiangsu Suning have the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Guangzhou R&F won three, Jiangsu Suning won three and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Zahavi 28 goals |   A. Teixeira Santos 18 goals |  D. Saba 13 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Jiangsu Suning missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Jiangsu Suning | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 17 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 13 | 35 |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 57% | 43% |
- Guangzhou R&F has the fewest scored goals (1)
- Guangzhou R&F has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1)
- Guangzhou R&F has the most conceded goals (9)
- Guangzhou R&F has the most conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Guangzhou R&F has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home
- Guangzhou R&F has the the worst goal difference (-8)
- Jiangsu Suning has the most scored goals in the second half (6)
| Guangzhou R&F | Last season | Jiangsu Suning | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 54 | 32 | Scored | S | 26 | 60 | ||
| 72 | 32 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 87% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 70% | ||
| 67% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 47% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 23% | ||
| 80% | 87% | BTTS | BTTS | 87% | 73% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 17% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 10% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 420 | 223 | Total Shots | T S | 169 | 398 | ||
| 146 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 149 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 1 |
| 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 |
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