Shenzhen - Guangzhou R&F: Super League dungeon sides scrapping for points and triumph. Here are all the interesting data and news before the game!
- Shenzhen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Guangzhou R&F are struggling to avoid relegation.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League.
Shenzhen form and stats
Shenzhen's struggle is real here at Jinjiang Sports Center with only 16 points collected from 16 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 5-1-10. When Shenzhen hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Wuhan Yangtze, Cangzhou Mighty Lions, Hebei CFFC, Shenzhen and Guangzhou Evergrande), they have won 3 of 4 matches! It's trouble wherever Shenzhen are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Stress levels are on the rise for Shenzhen's attacking players as they have now played 357 minutes without scoring in a league game. Viana (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
Shenzhen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Shandong Luneng (0-8). Shenzhen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Shenzhen's goalkeeper Ji was extremely busy against Shandong Luneng, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Prior to that, an away loss at Hebei CFFC.It should be noted that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shenzhen as they are travelling to their away game against Shanghai Shenhua in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Shenzhen have scored {13 league goals} here from 16 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Guangzhou R&F have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-3-11 (16 played).
Impressive finishing from Song, Marques (2) and Chang secured the home win 4-1 against Hebei CFFC in their previous game. Eureka; their first win in the league after nine rounds not winning.
A loss, in the FA Cup away at Hangzhou, earlier.
A new game in only four days for Guangzhou R&F, the Super League home match versus Cangzhou Mighty Lions. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Guangzhou R&F have conceded 26 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought earlier this season: Guangzhou R&F - Shenzhen 1-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior seven meetings): Shenzhen won four games, one match ended with a tie and Guangzhou R&F got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Opoku Acheampong 8 goals |   G. Costa Marques 5 goals |  L. Gao 4 goals |
Shenzhen missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Shenzhen | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 29 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 66 | 29 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 26 | 58 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 87% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 78% |
| 58% | 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 29% | 19% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 19% | 22% |
| 19% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 45% | 38% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 44% |
| 16% | 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 25% | 19% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 29% | 25% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | 29% |
| 13.2 | 14.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 13.2 | 14.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guangzhou R&F have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shenzhen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 58 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 81 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 52 | 72 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 59 |
| 5 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 59 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 58 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 46 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 11 | Dalian Professional | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 41 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -10 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -37 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -30 | 20 |
| 16 | Wuhan Yangtze | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -31 | 19 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -35 | 17 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 32 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 108 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 51 | -90 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
