Three points for the home side is expected from this game if the league table is anything to judge by. The Wuhan Three Towns fans are hopeful that the contrast between 1st and Dalian Professional's 13th place in the table will be revealed on the pitch.
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (59) in Super League
- Dalian Professional have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Super League
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
Wuhan Three Towns have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 21 points collected from 8 matches (7-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
Wuhan Three Towns enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tianjin Teda's place. The match ended 1-0 with Marcão scoring. Liu, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.71 out of 10 in that game. Liu topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as Wuhan Three Towns lost 1-2 at Hangzhou's place.Lots of goals and action? Who knows the future, but we do know that 14 of the 17 latest league matches with this club has seen three goals or more.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chengdu Rongcheng are coming to town in four days.
Wuhan always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium with 35 goals in 8 league games. On the other hand, Wuhan Three Towns have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Dalian Professional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dalian Professional so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Mamba and Shang secured the home win 2-0 against Chengdu Rongcheng in their previous game. That win felt nice as this club had gone three league matches without winning. Shang got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Shang scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
A 0-2 loss hosting Tianjin Teda before that.Dalian Professional are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). As for defending, Dalian Professional rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Professional has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Amaral Alves 18 goals |  D. da Luz Pereira 12 goals |  N. Stanciu 7 goals |
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Wuhan Three Towns | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 59 | 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 27 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 95% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 95% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 55% |
| 45% | 88% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 30% |
| 35% | 88% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 10% |
| 60% | 62% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 55% |
| 40% | 38% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 30% |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18.1 | 21.8 | 24.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13 | 12.6 |
| 6.5 | 9.9 | 10.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 45% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | 38% |
| 8.4 | 7.5 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
- All of Wuhan Three Towns's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- 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
- Wuhan Three Towns have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored more than double the goals of Dalian Professional.
- Wuhan Three Towns have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (35) at home in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals (59) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+26) at home in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have the the best goal difference (+42) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 47 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 34 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Dalian Professional | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 21 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -19 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 11 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 26 | -50 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
