The home advantage belongs to Shenzhen in this fixture versus Dalian Professional, but the away team will resist to the end. Here's our complete match guide!
- Shenzhen have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Dalian Professional when visiting Shenzhen as the cities are 2200 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 Shanghai SIPG, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Dalian Professional.
Shenzhen form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Shenzhen have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.
Shenzhen are returning here after visiting Hangzhou and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Alessandrini and Yang scored the goal(s). The gifted forward Alessandrini bettered all others in that game and managed a match rating of 8.83 out of 10. Alessandrini scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Henan Jianye that was lost 0-2.Shenzhen have conceded 15 from these games.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Dalian Professional have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-3-5 (9 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Dalian Professional's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Professional play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Shanghai SIPG (placed 3rd). Lobi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.03. Lobi scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Wuhan Yangtze.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
{9 goals} so far away for Dalian Professional, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 18. All from 9 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The newest recorded meeting involving both these participants is the Dalian Professional - Shenzhen 5-1 played previously this season. Data for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for Shenzhen, zero draws and eight wins for Dalian Professional. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Opoku Acheampong 6 goals |  L. Gao 4 goals |  S. Pei 2 goals |
Shenzhen missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Shenzhen | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 26 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| 42 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 39 |
| 96% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 96% |
| 83% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 96% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 61% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 30% |
| 22% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 9% |
| 52% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 57% |
| 22% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 30% |
| 4 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 8.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | 38% |
| 12 | 12.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.9 | 10 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- Dalian Professional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
- Shenzhen have won significantly less corners at 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 48 | 56 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 35 | 56 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -16 | 27 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Dalian Professional | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Wuhan Yangtze | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -22 | 18 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 38 | -65 | 3 |
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