Guangzhou R&F are receiving Shenzhen for yet another important match following their 0-2 result against 4th-placed Shanghai SIPG.
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (26) away in Super League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League. That game was also an away game, at Changchun Yatai. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Guangzhou R&F's struggle is real here at Yuexiushan Stadium with only 6 points collected from 10 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-8. When Guangzhou R&F hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Wuhan Zall, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Guangzhou R&F, Hebei CFFC and Guangzhou Evergrande), they have won 1 of 2 matches! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Yuexiushan Stadium.
Guangzhou R&F lost their last game at Shanghai SIPG (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The forward Guilherme was announced as "man of the match" for Guangzhou with a rating of 7.15/10. Guilherme hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Guangzhou R&F had a home game versus Guangzhou Evergrande which ended with a victory 1-0.It should be added that a glance at the 12 latest league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Guangzhou R&F are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Guangzhou here at Yuexiushan Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Guangzhou R&F with 24 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shenzhen form and stats
There's been little loot from Shenzhen's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Super League. Shenzhen only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. When Shenzhen is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Wuhan Zall, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Hebei CFFC, Shenzhen and Guangzhou Evergrande is teams we like to compare Guangzhou R&F with.
Zhipeng was the last player to score for the away team. Shenzhen haven't scored a league goal in the last 201 minutes.
Shenzhen lost away at Changchun Yatai (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Zhang was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Zhang hit one key pass and had 69 successful passes (of 74 total).
Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Shandong Luneng.Shenzhen have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. The Shenzhen manager Zhang has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels. When Shenzhen is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Wuhan Zall, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, Hebei CFFC, Shenzhen and Guangzhou Evergrande.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Guangzhou R&F victories, zero draws and four Shenzhen wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Opoku Acheampong 6 goals |   W. Song 2 goals |  S. Pei 2 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 39 | 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 26 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 83% |
| 61% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 67% |
| 22% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 39% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | 28% |
| 33% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 56% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 6.7 | 6.4 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.5 | 9.9 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 27% | 23% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 32% |
| 16 | 16.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 10.9 | 12.2 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
- 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guangzhou R&F have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shenzhen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shenzhen have the most conceded goals (26) away in Super League
- Shenzhen 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 25 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | Dalian Yifang | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -17 | 19 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 9 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -44 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
