The league table reveals that 7 points split the pair of rivals in this Super League fixture. Shandong Taishan hold both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Shandong Taishan have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Super League
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have the most points from losing position (16) in Super League
Shandong Taishan and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 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.
Shandong Taishan form and stats
Shandong Taishan have performed here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium this season with 8 wins from 11 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Shandong Taishan's last game was hosting Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (placed 10th) and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Shandong Taishan played a great game against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The versatile forward Fellaini outshone all teammates in that game and received a match rating of 9.14 out of 10. Fellaini scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Chengdu Qianbao with the scoreline 0-1.Shandong are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 0 and lost 0.
Goals are plentiful at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the league this season as Shandong Taishan has scored 29 goals here in 11 home games. From these home matches, Shandong Taishan have conceded only 6 goals.
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Tianjin Jinmen Tiger are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Berić was the last player to score for the away team. Tianjin haven't scored a league goal in the last 257 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Tianjin Jinmen Tiger as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Henan Jianye. Midfield player Mérida was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Mérida dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 31 successful passes (of 38 total).
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Beijing Guoan.It's not easy to score on Tianjin Jinmen Tiger as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shandong have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.The latest past match featuring both these squads is the Tianjin Jinmen Tiger - Shandong Taishan 3-3 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 9 goals |  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 8 goals |  P. Chen 5 goals |
Shandong Taishan missing players
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger missing players
| Shandong Taishan | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 82% |
| 77% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 68% |
| 50% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 23% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 55% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 64% |
| 36% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 23% |
| 6 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 15.9 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.4 | 11.2 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 48% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 35% |
| 7.9 | 6.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.1 | 11.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
- 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.
- Shandong Taishan have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have scored away.
- Shandong Taishan have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the most points (26) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the most scored goals (29) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have the most points from losing position (16) in Super League
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger have won significantly less corners away then 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 Port | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 41 |
| 3 | Shandong Taishan | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 30 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | Qingdao Hainiu | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Nantong Zhiyun | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -37 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
