It's game two of the Super League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Qingdao Hainiu-Guangzhou R&F!
Qingdao Hainiu and Guangzhou R&F 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.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Qingdao Hainiu are 1-0-0 (wins-draw-losses).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
Early season league goal statistics from Qingdao Hainiu's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Last season, Qingdao Hainiu's league statistics were 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the League One. Over these 14 matches they scored 15 goals and conceded 27. Playing at home last season Qingdao Hainiu managed 1-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 13 conceded.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Guangzhou R&F playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Guangzhou R&F are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Guangzhou Evergrande (placed 4th). A draw for Guangzhou before that, at their own venue hosting Shandong Luneng (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) (2-2).
It's early days yet, but Guangzhou R&F has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Guangzhou R&F performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 14 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 9/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Qingdao Hainiu, one draw and two wins for Guangzhou R&F. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  D. Radonjić 1 goals |  J. Zhou 1 goals |   C. Ye 1 goals |
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Qingdao Hainiu | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Qingdao Hainiu | Last season | Guangzhou R&F | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 15 | 23 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 37 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 90% | ||
| 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 65% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 35% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 25% | ||
| 55% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.6 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 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 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Qingdao Hainiu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
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