A key match in Super League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Jiangsu Suning in 2nd position and Guangzhou Evergrande placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Guangzhou Evergrande, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
Jiangsu Suning form and stats
Jiangsu Suning, who have the most scored goals (13) at home in Super League, have collected 12 points from their Super League home games so far after 3-3-1. Jiangsu haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Guangzhou Evergrande, 80 days ago.
Happy days for Jiangsu Suning in their previous game, a Super League match away at Shanghai SIPG (after extra-time) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the match before that, Jiangsu hosted Shanghai SIPG and drew the game 1-1.
Things did not look good last match, when Abduhamit Abdugheni got a red card in the 57th minute. They were already behind at this time, but a tremendous finish from Jiangsu Suning resulted in a win! Manager A. Olăroiu felt very clever after Luo Jing scored the winning goal against Shanghai SIPG (after extra-time), having brought on that player as a substitute in the 101st minute.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Jiangsu as they are travelling to their away game against Guangzhou Evergrande in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Jiangsu in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Jiangsu have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
Guangzhou Evergrande, who have the most scored goals (31) in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games.
Anderson Talisca and Paulinho (2) scored in Evergrande's previous match, the home game against Beijing Guoan that ended 3-1. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Beijing Guoan.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jiangsu Suning in just four days.
Evergrande are a potent attacking force on the road with their 20 goals in 7 league games. 8 goals have been conceded by Evergrande in these games.
Head 2 Head
Jiangsu and Guangzhou Evergrande have met before this season: Jiangsu Suning - Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jiangsu two wins, three draws and Guangzhou Evergrande five victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bezzera Maciel Júnior 19 goals |   A. Teixeira Santos 18 goals |  E. Citadin Martins 12 goals |
Jiangsu Suning missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Jiangsu Suning | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 23 | 42 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 89% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 89% | 94% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 89% | 83% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 89% | 72% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 44% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 61% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 78% | 61% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 233 | 129 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 126 | 242 |
| 71 | 36 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 44 | 89 |
| 39% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 52% | 47% |
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (20) away in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (31) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+12) away in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+19) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guangzhou Evergrande is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Jiangsu Suning has the most scored goals (13) at home in Super League
- Jiangsu Suning have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Yifang | 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 |