It's still early in the Super League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Guangzhou R&F - Shijiazhuang Ever Bright preview!
- Guangzhou R&F have the most scored goals (8) in Super League
Guangzhou R&F and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Only two Super League home games for Guangzhou R&F so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Guangzhou R&F's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Shenzhen (placed 4th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Qingdao Hainiu with a 1-0 scoreline.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
At Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou R&F has the goal stats of 5-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
The Super League season is young and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Shijiazhuang in their previous game, as they lost their Super League-match, hosting Guangzhou Evergrande, 0-2. A 2-2 draw at Chongqing Dangdai Lifan's stadium before that.
It's early days yet, but Shijiazhuang Ever Bright has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Guangzhou won one, Shijiazhuang Ever Bright won one and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Costa Marques 2 goals |  T. De Leonco 2 goals |  C. Ye 1 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.2 | 9.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 13 | 9.2 |
| 3.5 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 57% | 56% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 30% |
- Guangzhou R&F have the most scored goals (8) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
| Guangzhou R&F | Last season | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 70% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 55% | ||
| 35% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 35% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 45% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | ||
| 25% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 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 | Shandong Luneng | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Guangzhou R&F | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Shenzhen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Qingdao Hainiu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 8 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)