It's been six days since Hangzhou played against Tianjin Teda and the scoreline was 2-1. What will happen vs Shandong Luneng?
- Hangzhou haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shandong Luneng have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Super League
These teams have little in common geographically as Shandong Luneng have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Hangzhou and Shandong Luneng should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hangzhou form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Hangzhou have to build on here at Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in the Super League.
Hangzhou's last game was hosting Tianjin Teda (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. Sweet to taste a league victory after three fixtures without. Gao (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Gao hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Changchun Yatai that finished 2-2.Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hangzhou as they are travelling to their away game against Shanghai Shenhua in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Hangzhou in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
The visitors are W2-D6-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. In general it has been a productive period now for Shandong Luneng as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Shandong's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Chengdu Qianbao that finished 2-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Nantong Zhiyun.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shandong Luneng manager Choi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Meizhou Hakka.
Shandong Luneng have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. 11 goals have been conceded by Shandong in these games.
Head 2 Head
Shandong Luneng - Hangzhou 2-1 was the end result in these sides' previous H2H match, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Hangzhou won two, Shandong Luneng triumphed in eight and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 6 goals |  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 5 goals |  P. Chen 5 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Hangzhou | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 24 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 78% |
| 76% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 44% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 65% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 61% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 24% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 11% |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 12.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 14.4 | 14.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 30% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 20% | 30% |
| 12.5 | 11.2 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
- Hangzhou haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shandong Luneng have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -30 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
