An important duel in the bottom section of the Super League, with both Qingdao Hainiu and Guangzhou R&F experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 7th and the visitors in 6th place.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Qingdao Hainiu's struggle is real here with only 5 points collected from 7 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4.
Qingdao lost their last game at Hebei CFFC after a 1-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Qingdao won a home game hosting Tianjin Teda (3-0).
Qingdao Hainiu has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Qingdao defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Guangzhou R&F in their Super League matches away. Guangzhou has drawn their two previous away games.
Guangzhou are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the Super League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Shandong Luneng in their previous outing. The Super League match ended in a draw 0-0. A loss against Shanghai Shenhua was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Guangzhou find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Guangzhou have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Cordova 15 goals | X. Gao 13 goals |
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Qingdao Hainiu | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 28 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 86% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 79% |
| 64% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 110 | 66 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 68 | 150 |
| 37 | 20 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 27 | 50 |
| 41% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 28% |
- Guangzhou R&F have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Qingdao Hainiu has the most conceded goals (13) at home in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Qingdao Hainiu 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Qingdao Hainiu | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -22 | 3 |
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