Cangzhou Mighty Lions played 2-0 score facing Guangzhou Evergrande last match, a game to learn from. The next assignment is this fierce Shandong Luneng team.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
With 1 Super League win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Cangzhou Mighty Lions are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Cangzhou Mighty Lions supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Guangzhou Evergrande and win 2-0. A big relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, nine matches in a row. Yiming was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.1 out of 10. The defender Yiming scored one goal and won 3 of 6 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Tianjin Teda.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hangzhou are coming to town in four days.
Cangzhou aren't scoring a lot here at Pennant Hills Park in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Shandong Luneng collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Super League. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
It's the second away game in a row for Shandong Luneng, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Tianjin Teda (placed 11th) last time out. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie five matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Cryzan and that is impressive! The attacker Cryzan got a match rating of 8.1 in that game. Cryzan scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dalian Yifang at their stadium, the result 3-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shandong have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. 8 goals have been conceded by Shandong Luneng in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding five meetings): Cangzhou won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Shandong Luneng have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 5 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 3 goals |  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 3 goals |
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Cangzhou Mighty Lions | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 73% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 27% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 64% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.3 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.6 | 7.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 21.2 | 18.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 27% | 42% |
| 14.5 | 16 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.6 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Shandong Luneng have created more than twice as many corners as Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
- Shandong Luneng have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shandong Luneng have scored more than double the goals of Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (7) 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.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 30 | 31 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Meizhou Hakka | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Shanghai SIPG | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Shenzhen | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Tianjin Teda | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Wuhan Yangtze | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Changchun Yatai | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -18 | 3 |
| 18 | Guangzhou R&F | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -19 | 3 |
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