It's still early in the Super League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Shanghai SIPG - Dalian Professional preview!
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (10) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have the fewest points (0) away in Super League
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 quite the trip for Dalian Professional when visiting Shanghai as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Shanghai SIPG's two home games in the Super League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
1-1 away at Shanghai Shenhua before that.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Shanghai SIPG have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 13 games found in the database showing ten Shanghai SIPG wins, two draws and one defeat.
At Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Shanghai SIPG has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Dalian Professional form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest points (0) away in Super League, are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
A 0-2 defeat away at Beijing Guoan before that.
Nobody expects Professional to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 16 times before, with the overall statistics of won four, draw one and lost eleven. When defeated, eight matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Dalian Professional have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Shanghai won four, Dalian Professional won three and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lopes Pereira 4 goals |  M. Arnautović 3 goals |  W. Lü 2 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 11.8 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
- Dalian Professional have the fewest points (0) away in Super League
- Dalian Professional have the the worst goal difference (-2) away in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals (10) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the most scored goals in the first half (4) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the the best goal difference (+7) in Super League
| Shanghai SIPG | Last season | Dalian Professional | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 26 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 30 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 55% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 35% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 65% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 55% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 20% | ||
| 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14.8 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Hebei CFFC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 7 | Wuhan Zall | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 1 |
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