Incheon United and Shandong Taishan get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League Group Stage fixture.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Incheon United form and stats
Incheon United shared the glory with Pohang Steelers in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Ulsan that finished 0-0.Incheon United are traveling soon after this match as the K-League Classic match at Gwangju awaits in three days.
Shandong Taishan form and stats
4-7-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shandong Taishan in their Super League matches away.
Two trips in a row for Shandong, whose coach Choi could celebrate last time after the win against Changchun Yatai. It was a convincing performance from Shandong Taishan when Changchun Yatai were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Pu, Moisés and Cryzan scored their goals. Midfielder Moisés was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.11. Moisés scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
The match earlier was the AFC Champions League-battle against Yokohama F. Marinos, a home loss (0-1).
Shandong Taishan have another game away in just four nights, a Super League game against Shanghai SIPG. A rough fixture list for the guests!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shandong Taishan have scored 17 goals in 14 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 12 goals |  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 11 goals |
Incheon United missing players
Shandong Taishan missing players
| Incheon United | Shandong Taishan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 44 | 26 | Scored | S | 28 | 58 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 44% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 43% | ||
| 11.4 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Incheon United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Kaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shanghai SIPG | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 59 |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 30 | 54 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 51 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 49 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 48 |
| 6 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 47 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 45 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | Henan Jianye | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -5 | 34 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 34 | -26 | 30 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 22 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -19 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 25 | -21 | 19 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 45 | -53 | 12 |
