Shanghai Port vs Dalian YingboPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

At the Pudong Football Stadium, Shanghai Port arrive with 36 goals scored and 31 conceded in twenty-two games, eight wins, six draws and eight defeats. On home soil they have eighteen goals in ten matches and eleven against, from four wins, three draws and three losses. Their last five bring three wins, a draw and a defeat. Dalian hold fourth place with 32 points from twenty-one games, ten won, two drawn and nine lost. Their profile is a sharp one: at home eight wins and three defeats with no draws at all, twenty goals scored and fourteen conceded. Away from home that picture falls apart: two wins, two draws and six losses, twelve goals for and twenty-two against. Overall they have conceded more than they have scored, 36 against 32. The Chinese top flight produces 3.03 goals per game on average. Shanghai Port's home fixtures have produced twenty-nine goals in ten, close to three a match, while Dalian's ten away trips have brought thirty-four. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.