Dalian Yifang F.C. – Guangzhou R&F Prediction & Picks (10.08.2018)

Dalian Yifang and Guangzhou R & F face off at Dalian Sports Center, in a match for the 17th round of the CSL. Guangzhou R & F won at home (2-0) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 03-10-2018. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 1 win and 1 draw in the last 2 matches. Despite being a match between 15th and 7th of the table, it is actually a match between the 8th classified in home matches and the 7th as a visitor.

Dalian Yifang:

After 3 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, the home team is currently in the 15 th position, with 13 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Shanghai SIPG, by (1-0), after in the previous match they have lost (3-0) an away match against Changchun Yatai. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 12 points in away matches, with 11 goals scored and 21 conceded, against just 1 point out away. In the last 8 home league matches Dalian Yifang has a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 12 points out of 24 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 8 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. This is a team that scores only few times and was only able to open the scoring in 4 of its last 16 matches for the CSL, of these 4 came to rest in advantage in 2 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 2. In 16 matches in this competition, only got 1 comeback in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Dalian Yifang is a club that never managed to conquer the Super League (Chinese Championship), having as the best campaign throughout its history the fifth place, reached in the years of 2012 and 2013. In the current season, the team has been doing a very weak campaign, conquering only 13 of the 48 points played so far in the Chinese championship, so it currently occupies the fifteenth position in the table, being the first team in the relegation zone. In the last seven games that Dalian Yifang played in his stadium, in four there were goals from both teams. We believe that in this match the Dalian will again score goals, to be playing at home, and will also suffer goals, since the opponent is capable of scoring goals, even when playing as a visitor.

Guangzhou R & F:

After 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, the away team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 22 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Beijing Renhe, by (4-1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Guangzhou Evergrande, by (2-4). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, with 14 goals scored and 13 conceded in away matches, against 18 goals scored and 20 conceded at home. In the last away game in this competition, they have tied (2-2) against Hebei CFFC. In the last 7 away league matches Guangzhou R & F has a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 11 points out of 21 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches, so he has not presented great defensive solidity, but his attack has scored regularly, as he has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 9 of the last 12 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 16 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 6 times, but got the comeback in 2.

The Guangzhou R & F is a club that has never won an important title in professional Chinese football, however, it is doing a good campaign in the Chinese Super League in 2018. Currently it is the seventh classified and when analyzing its games we see that it has a offensive posture, providing games with goals, often of both teams, as we tried to check in the last five games away from home, since four times scored and suffered goals. When analyzing all sixteen games that Guangzhou played in this Super League China 2018, we see that on thirteen occasions there were goals for both sides.