Super League forecast and pre-match guide: Shandong Luneng moderate thought to overpower Beijing Guoan

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Competition: China PR Super League
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 11:35 (UTC)
Venue: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium (56808 seats)

Things are looking good for Shandong Luneng so far this season, with their 4th position in the Super League table and welcoming Beijing Guoan (who are in 6th).

Insights:
  • Shandong Luneng have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Super League
  • Beijing Guoan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Shandong Luneng and Beijing Guoan 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.

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Shandong Luneng form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 7 Super League games here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium for Shandong Luneng. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

The spoils were shared in Shandong Luneng's previous game, also at home. Visiting Chengdu Qianbao (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

Before that, a nice away victory at Meizhou Hakka. A FA Cup game. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Shandong Luneng's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Shandong can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Shandong Luneng are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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Beijing Guoan form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, Beijing Guoan have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.

Two travels in a row for Beijing Guoan, whose boss Ribeiro could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Qingdao Youth Island.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Qingdao Jonoon.

Beijing find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Beijing Guoan have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Shandong have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Beijing Guoan.

Interestingly enough, Beijing Guoan have scored in every league game they've featured in since failing to score against today's home team; the Beijing Guoan - Shandong Luneng 0-0 match 15 rounds ago.

Top Goalscorers

ShandongC. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos
C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos
7 goals
Beijing GuoanZ. Wang
Z. Wang
7 goals
Shandong LunengM. Fellaini-Bakkioui
M. Fellaini-Bakkioui
5 goals

Shandong Luneng missing players

Beijing Guoan missing players

Shandong Luneng Beijing Guoan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 8 2 Played P 2 8 18
7 5 2 Won W 1 2 7
9 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
3 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
30 18 6 Scored S 2 10 32
19 6 2 Conceded C 1 13 23
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 78%
47% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 44%
21% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 39%
11% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 22%
63% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 67%
32% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 33%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
6.2 5.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 7.4 6.9
3.1 2.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 2.8 3.2
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.6 15.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 14.5 14.2
5.3 5.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5 5.1
30% 42% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 35%
 
8.2 7 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 11.5 10.4
2.8 2.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 4.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Shandong Luneng's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Beijing Guoan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Beijing Guoan have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Beijing Guoan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Beijing Guoan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Shandong Luneng have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Shandong Luneng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Shandong Luneng have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Super League
  • Shandong Luneng have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Super League
  • 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.
  • Shandong Luneng haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 18 13 4 1 35 14 9 6 2 1 18 10 9 7 2 0 17 4 21 43
2 Shanghai Shenhua 18 10 5 3 20 14 9 5 3 1 10 6 9 5 2 2 10 8 6 35
3 Chengdu Qianbao 18 9 6 3 30 19 10 6 3 1 18 10 8 3 3 2 12 9 11 33
4 Shandong Luneng 18 7 8 3 28 17 7 5 2 0 16 4 11 2 6 3 12 13 11 29
5 Tianjin Teda 18 6 11 1 25 19 9 3 6 0 15 12 9 3 5 1 10 7 6 29
6 Beijing Guoan 18 7 7 4 32 23 10 5 4 1 22 10 8 2 3 3 10 13 9 28
7 Wuhan Three Towns 18 6 9 3 28 20 8 2 5 1 9 9 10 4 4 2 19 11 8 27
8 Changchun Yatai 18 7 5 6 31 30 9 4 3 2 17 15 9 3 2 4 14 15 1 26
9 Hangzhou 18 7 4 7 27 25 9 5 0 4 14 11 9 2 4 3 13 14 2 25
10 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 18 5 6 7 21 29 10 3 3 4 11 13 8 2 3 3 10 16 -8 21
11 Qingdao Jonoon 18 4 4 10 22 24 9 4 2 3 15 9 9 0 2 7 7 15 -2 16
12 Meizhou Hakka 18 4 4 10 25 32 8 3 1 4 12 12 10 1 3 6 13 20 -7 16
13 Henan Jianye 18 3 7 8 14 22 9 2 5 2 8 8 9 1 2 6 6 14 -8 16
14 Nantong Zhiyun 18 2 8 8 14 24 9 2 4 3 8 13 9 0 4 5 6 11 -10 14
15 Dalian Professional 18 1 9 8 14 24 9 1 6 2 8 9 9 0 3 6 6 15 -10 12
16 Shenzhen 18 3 3 12 18 48 10 3 1 6 11 21 8 0 2 6 7 27 -30 12

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The Chinese Football Association Super League, usually known as the Chinese Super League, is the highest level of football in China. It was founded in 2004 as a rebranding of the former top division. It has16 teams meeting each other home and away for a total of 30 fixtures in a season running from March to November.