Shandong Taishan are located at 4th, while Cangzhou are dragging their feet 5 points behind in the table. Will they trim the gap?
- Shandong Taishan have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cangzhou have scored away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super League game only four days ago.
Shandong Taishan form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Super League games here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium for Shandong Taishan. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The Shandong crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Chengdu Qianbao here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Defender Liu got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Liu hit one key pass and won 11 of 17 duels.
Before that, Shandong Taishan had a home game versus Meizhou Hakka which ended with a victory 6-1.Shandong Taishan can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 25 times. From these home matches, Shandong have conceded only 6 goals.
Cangzhou form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Cangzhou go into this game after a win, the home game against Dalian Pro that ended 2-1. Wang got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, top player of the team. Wang scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Shenzhen.Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored in 12 of this club's last 16 league matches.
Cangzhou have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cangzhou have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other previously this season, with the result Cangzhou - Shandong Taishan 1-1 written in the official records. Shandong Taishan-Cangzhou H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Shandong Taishan four wins, Cangzhou three wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 7 goals |  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 7 goals |
Shandong Taishan missing players
Cangzhou missing players
| Shandong Taishan | Cangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | 25 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 31 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 76% |
| 48% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 48% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 14% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 78% | 71% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 11% | 19% |
| 6 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.7 | 15.4 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.3 | 11.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 32% | 45% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 31% |
| 7.8 | 6.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 14.7 | 14 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
- Cangzhou have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cangzhou haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shandong Taishan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shandong Taishan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shandong Taishan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cangzhou have scored away.
- Shandong Taishan have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 38 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Shandong Taishan | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 21 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Cangzhou | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -9 | 22 |
| 12 | Qingdao Jonoon | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 15 | Dalian Pro | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 34 | -36 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
