Shandong Taishan are located at 2nd, while Wuhan Three Towns are hanging back 6 points behind in the standings. Will they crop the gap?
- Shandong Taishan have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Super League
- Wuhan Three Towns have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a FA Cup match only three days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Dalian Yifang.
Shandong Taishan form and stats
Shandong Taishan are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium. 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium after three straight home wins.
Shandong Taishan are returning here after guesting Dalian Yifang in a FA Cup match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Before that, Shandong played out a Super League draw 0-0 when visiting Dalian Yifang.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Yokohama F. Marinos are coming to town in four days.
Goals are plentiful at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the league this season as Shandong Taishan has scored 34 goals here in 13 home games. From these home matches, Shandong Taishan have conceded only 8 goals.
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Tianjin Teda with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Liu, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Liu hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that, 2-2 at home against Urawa Reds in the AFC Champions League.
The travelling fans enjoy Wuhan Three Towns's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Wuhan in these games.
Head 2 Head
Shandong Taishan and Wuhan Three Towns have faced off before this season: Wuhan Three Towns - Shandong Taishan 1-1. Last six meetings with these squads: Shandong won two, Wuhan Three Towns triumphed in one and we saw three draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 12 goals |   C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 11 goals |  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 10 goals |
Shandong Taishan missing players
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
| Shandong Taishan | Wuhan Three Towns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 48 | 34 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 42 |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 73% | 85% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 81% |
| 50% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| 23% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 15% | 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 54% | 46% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 65% |
| 38% | 46% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 6.3 | 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 15.7 | 16.4 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 15.9 | 16.6 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 33% | 46% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 31% | 29% |
| 7.4 | 6.7 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 11.3 | 10.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (22) in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the most points (32) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the most scored goals (34) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have the the best goal difference (+26) at home in Super League
- Shandong Taishan have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shandong Taishan haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wuhan Three Towns have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wuhan Three Towns have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Wuhan Three Towns haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 30 | 56 |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 48 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 45 |
| 5 | Chengdu Qianbao | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 42 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 42 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Henan Jianye | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -6 | 30 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -19 | 30 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 70 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 41 | -48 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
