The Super League overall standings tell the truth about these contenders to this date, with Meizhou Hakka in front of Dalian Professional by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dalian Professional have scored away.
It's quite the trip for Dalian Professional when visiting Meizhou as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Dalian Professional could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Guangzhou Evergrande, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Dalian Professional.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Meizhou Hakka at their home stadium (Huitang Stadium) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Meizhou Hakka suffered a surprising loss 1-2 against Wuhan Three Towns in their previous outing, also a home game. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through three league rounds. Midfield player Kosović got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Kosović hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Guangzhou R&F.The Meizhou Hakka fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Meizhou have conceded 10 goals.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Dalian Professional have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-3-2 (6 played).
250 minutes! That's how long the Dalian Professional goalkeeper Yan Wu and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Professional has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Guangzhou Evergrande for a 0-0 draw. Fei got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Fei hit six key passes.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Cangzhou Mighty Lions.After this away game Dalian Professional return home for a Super League game against Shenzhen. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Professional have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. Dalian Professional has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Meizhou Hakka wins - draws - Dalian Professional wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Vukanović 5 goals |  R. Santana da Silva 3 goals | N. Kosović 3 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 13 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 64% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 50% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 14% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 23% |
| 7% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 88% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 29% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 12.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.2 | 12.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 30% | 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 27% | 30% |
| 10 | 9.6 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 8.5 | 9.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
- Dalian Professional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dalian Professional have scored away.
- Meizhou Hakka have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Meizhou Hakka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 40 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Meizhou Hakka | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Shanghai SIPG | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Dalian Professional | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -26 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -32 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
