The Super League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Jiangsu Suning and Dalian Professional are placed 2nd and 7th respectively.
It's no vacation for neither Jiangsu nor Dalian Professional as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Jiangsu Suning form and stats
The first Super League game here at Jinzhou Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Jiangsu Suning's home game statistics were 11 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 15 games.
Jiangsu drew their last game, also a home match. Shandong Luneng (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. In the game before, an away victory match versus Henan Jianye with a 4-3 scoreline.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Jiangsu's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
At Jinzhou Stadium, Jiangsu Suning has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Professional played 1-1 against Henan Jianye in their previous match. A loss against Shandong Luneng was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Dalian Professional playing away, we found one game. Results were one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Jiangsu Suning, four draws and three wins for Dalian Professional. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Teixeira Santos 18 goals |  E. Citadin Martins 12 goals |
Jiangsu Suning missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Jiangsu Suning | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 44% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| Jiangsu Suning | Last season | Dalian Professional | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 60 | 34 | Scored | S | 21 | 44 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | C | 31 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 93% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 70% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 47% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | ||
| 73% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 67% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 17% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 7 | 8 | ||
| 398 | 229 | Total Shots | T S | 182 | 378 | ||
| 149 | 87 | Shots on Target | S O | 67 | 130 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Shenzhen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 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 |
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