Round nine of the Chinese Super League season gets underway with Zhejiang Professional taking on Dalian Pro at the Mission Hills Football Base Stadium on Wednesday.
Both sides will be looking to bounce back to winning ways in this fixture having failed to come away with all three points in their respective previous matches.
Zhejiang Professional’s four-game unbeaten run came to an end last time out following a 1-0 defeat against Henan Songshan Longmen.
Yihao Zhong scored the opener just two minutes before the hour mark, which proved enough for the visitors to pick up all three points at the Wuyuan River Stadium.
As a result, Jordi Vinyals’ side have dropped down to 13th place in the league standings but are just two points adrift of a spot in the top half.
Next up is a contest against an opposing side with little to pick between the sides as the last six meetings have yielded four draws and and one win for either side.
Fresh off the back of a first defeat in six home encounters, Zhejiang Professional will be looking to make it up to their fans with a perfect response in this game.
Meanwhile, Dalian Pro played out a 2-2 draw with Changchun Yatai in Monday’s encounter. Yin Shang’s and Wei Wu’s goals gave Dalian Pro the lead but they were pegged back both times by Jores Okore and Junior Negrao.
Xie Hui’s side are currently sitting in 11th spot in the league standings and will be looking to put together a decent run of results following a largely inconsistent start to the new season.
Having claimed their first away win in seven matches in their last encounter on the road, the Blue Hawks will be looking to record back-to-back wins on unfarmiliar territory for the first time since December.
Zhejiang Professional vs Dalian Pro head to head
The two teams have previously met on nine occasions across all competitions, where Zhejiang have claimed one victory while Dalian have won three, and they have drawn in five. Zhejiang have scored 10 goals and conceded 12. In their last five meetings, Zhejiang have won once while they have drawn four.
Zhejiang Professional 1-1 Dalian Pro 08/03/14
Dalian Pro 1-1 Zhejiang Professional 26/07/14
Zhejiang Professional 1-1 Dalian Pro 28/05/17
Dalian Pro 0-1 Zhejiang Professional 17/09/17
Dalian Pro 1-1 Zhejiang Professional 16/06/22
Zhejiang Professional latest home game
Zhejiang Professional lost their last home game 1-0 to Henan SSLM in the league. However, they have recently been on a good run of form at home, as they have been unbeaten in their previous five matches. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded two.
Zhejiang Professional 2-1 Wuhan Three Towns 22/12/21
Zhejiang Professional 0-0 Qingdao FC 12/01/22
Zhejiang Professional 0-0 Changchun Yatai 07/06/22
Zhejiang Professional 2-0 Shandong TaiShan 25/06/22
Zhejiang Professional 0-1 Henan SSLM 03/07/22
Zhejiang Professional latest away form
Zhejiang Professional have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They drew 1-1 with Changchun Yatai in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded eight.
Shandong TaiShan 1-0 Zhejiang Professional 03/06/22
Henan SSLM 3-1 Zhejiang Professional 11/06/22
Dalian Pro 1-1 Zhejiang Professional 16/06/22
Guangzhou City 2-4 Zhejiang Professional 20/06/22
Changchun Yatai 1-1 Zhejiang Professional 29/06/22
Dalian Pro latest home form
Dalian Pro have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They drew 2-2 with Changchun Yatai in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded six.
Dalian Pro 0-1 Rongcheng 12/01/22
Dalian Pro 2-0 Guangzhou City 08/06/22
Dalian Pro 1-1 Zhejiang Professional 16/06/22
Dalian Pro 0-2 Henan SSLM 24/06/22
Dalian Pro 2-2 Changchun Yatai 03/07/22
Dalian Pro latest away form
Dalian Pro have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having lost just one of their five most recent matches. They defeated Guangzhou City 3-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded seven.
Rongcheng 1-1 Dalian Pro 08/01/22
Henan SSLM 2-2 Dalian Pro 04/06/22
Changchun Yatai 1-1 Dalian Pro 12/06/22
Shandong TaiShan 3-0 Dalian Pro 21/06/22
Guangzhou City 0-3 Dalian Pro 28/06/22
Zhejiang Professional news
Despite having seen his three-game scoring streak come to an end last time out, Croatian midefielder Franko Andrijasevic remains the player to keep an eye out on.
Bin Gu dropped to the bench for the first time this season against Henan SSLM, but the defender could make his return to the XI here.
Dalian Pro news
Wei Wu will be pushing for a start in this contest after coming off the bench to good effect for Dalian Pro against Changchun Yatai.
With six direct goal involvement record in eight matches so far, Xiangchuang Yan will be looking to deliver the results for the visitors once again.
Prediction and Odds
Looking at the recent meetings between the sides, we are expecting a tight affair on Wednesday, with both teams looking to get back to winning ways.
Zhejiang Professional have recently put together some good results on their home turf, and we predict they will bounce back with a win here.
Odds: 1 1.98 X 2.05 2 2.20
Probable outcome
Zhejiang Professional 1-0 Dalian Pro
Zhejiang Professional 2-0 Dalian Pro
Zhejiang Professional 2-1 Dalian Pro
Zhejiang Professional 0-0 Dalian Pro
Zhejiang Professional 1-1 Dalian Pro
