Super League match preview: Tianjin Quanjian believed to be the weaker party when Guangzhou Evergrande pays a visit

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Competition: China PR Super League
Date: Fri 05.July
Match begins: 11:35 (UTC)
Venue: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium (54696 seats)

Struggling Tianjin Quanjian will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Guangzhou Evergrande in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tianjin Quanjian and Guangzhou Evergrande.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Tianjin Quanjian form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Tianjin Quanjian have only managed 0 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses so far from their games here at Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium.

Tianjin Quanjian's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Guangzhou Evergrande. Before that, Tianjin Quanjian drew at home versus Jiangsu Suning.

The Tianjin Quanjian fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats

The away performances of Guangzhou Evergrande, who have the most scored goals (32) in Super League, have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Guangzhou Evergrande are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Two travels in a row for Guangzhou Evergrande, whose manager F. Cannavaro could celebrate last time after the Super League win against Tianjin Quanjian. Prior to that result Guangzhou Evergrande won their away game at Shanghai Shenhua. The scoreline was 3-0.

Guangzhou Evergrande have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 8 away matches. It's not easy to score on Guangzhou Evergrande as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Tianjin Quanjian - Guangzhou Evergrande 1-3. Last eight meetings between the teams: Tianjin Quanjian won 2, Guangzhou Evergrande won 4 and 2 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Talisca
7 goals
Paulinho
6 goals / 4 assists
Wei Shihao
6 goals / 5 assists

Tianjin Quanjian missing players

Guangzhou Evergrande missing players

Tianjin Quanjian Guangzhou Evergrande
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played 3 8 16
1 0 0 Won 2 7 13
7 5 2 Drew 0 0 1
8 3 1 Lost 1 1 2
19 10 5 Scored 9 19 32
31 15 7 Conceded 4 7 12
88% 75% 67% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 67% Over 1.5 100% 75% 69%
69% 62% 67% Over 2.5 100% 62% 56%
38% 50% 67% Over 3.5 33% 38% 25%
19% 25% 67% Over 4.5 33% 25% 12%
75% 75% 67% BTTS 67% 50% 44%
12% 25% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 50% 50%
25% 25% 33% Failed To Score 0% 0% 6%
 
4.2 3.6 5 Corners For (avg) 4.7 3.2 5.1
5.5 4.8 4 Corners Against (avg) 6.3 5.4 5.1
1.4 1.1 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.5 1.4
2 1 1 Red Cards 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tianjin Quanjian have yet to win a game at home.

Tianjin Quanjian
All AFC Champions League Club Friendlies Super League FA Cup
All Home Away
01-06-19 SL Beijing Renhe 2 - 0 Tianjin Quanjian
16-06-19 SL Tianjin Quanjian 1 - 1 Henan Jianye
23-06-19 SL Dalian Yifang 2 - 2 Tianjin Quanjian
30-06-19 SL Tianjin Quanjian 2 - 2 Jiangsu Suning
05-07-19 SL Tianjin Quanjian 1 - 3 Guangzhou Evergrande
13-07-19 SL Tianjin Quanjian 11:35 Shenzhen
17-07-19 SL Shandong Luneng 11:35 Tianjin Quanjian
21-07-19 SL Hebei CFFC 11:35 Tianjin Quanjian
23-07-19 FAC Tianjin Quanjian - Dalian Yifang
28-07-19 SL Tianjin Quanjian 11:35 Tianjin Teda
Guangzhou Evergrande
All AFC Champions League Club Friendlies Super League FA Cup
All Home Away
18-06-19 ACL Guangzhou Evergrande 2 - 1 Shandong Luneng
22-06-19 SL Guangzhou Evergrande 2 - 1 Hebei CFFC
25-06-19 ACL Shandong Luneng 2 - 1 Guangzhou Evergrande
01-07-19 SL Shanghai Shenhua 0 - 3 Guangzhou Evergrande
05-07-19 SL Tianjin Quanjian 1 - 3 Guangzhou Evergrande
11-07-19 SL Tianjin Teda 12:00 Guangzhou Evergrande
16-07-19 SL Guangzhou Evergrande 12:00 Dalian Yifang
20-07-19 SL Guangzhou R&F 11:35 Guangzhou Evergrande
23-07-19 CF Guangzhou Evergrande 12:00 Southampton
24-07-19 FAC Guangzhou Evergrande - Shanghai SIPG

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Guangzhou Evergrande 16 13 1 2 32 12 8 6 1 1 13 5 8 7 0 1 19 7 20 40
2 Beijing Guoan 15 13 0 2 30 11 7 7 0 0 19 6 8 6 0 2 11 5 19 39
3 Shanghai SIPG 15 12 1 2 28 12 8 6 0 2 16 10 7 6 1 0 12 2 16 37
4 Shandong Luneng 15 7 4 4 26 16 8 5 2 1 14 5 7 2 2 3 12 11 10 25
5 Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 15 6 6 3 20 20 9 4 3 2 9 9 6 2 3 1 11 11 0 24
6 Jiangsu Suning 15 6 4 5 30 24 7 5 1 1 18 8 8 1 3 4 12 16 6 22
7 Wuhan Zall 15 6 3 6 21 21 9 3 3 3 11 10 6 3 0 3 10 11 0 21
8 Tianjin Teda 15 5 4 6 20 21 7 3 2 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 19
9 Guangzhou R&F 15 5 3 7 29 34 7 4 2 1 18 12 8 1 1 6 11 22 -5 18
10 Dalian Yifang 15 4 5 6 19 22 7 1 2 4 7 10 8 3 3 2 12 12 -3 17
11 Henan Jianye 15 4 5 6 18 23 7 2 1 4 9 13 8 2 4 2 9 10 -5 17
12 Shanghai Shenhua 15 3 3 9 17 26 7 1 1 5 9 16 8 2 2 4 8 10 -9 12
13 Hebei CFFC 15 3 3 9 15 25 7 2 1 4 8 11 8 1 2 5 7 14 -10 12
14 Shenzhen 15 3 3 9 12 22 8 3 2 3 9 9 7 0 1 6 3 13 -10 12
15 Beijing Renhe 15 3 2 10 14 30 7 3 1 3 10 10 8 0 1 7 4 20 -16 11
16 Tianjin Quanjian 16 1 7 8 19 31 8 0 5 3 10 15 8 1 2 5 9 16 -12 10

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