Super League: Two sides in fair shape get together for this game. Shandong Luneng have a wee advantage with their 2nd spot in the standings?
- Changchun Yatai have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (6) in Super League
Shandong Luneng have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Changchun Yatai and Shandong Luneng.
Changchun Yatai form and stats
Changchun Yatai have collected 6 points from their Super League home games so far after 1-3-0. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Changchun's People Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Changchun.
Changchun Yatai drew their last game, 2-2 away at Dalian Professional (placed 9th). Defender Okore got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Okore scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hangzhou that ended 1-1.The Changchun Yatai fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. From these home matches, Changchun have conceded only 3 goals.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Shandong Luneng goalkeeper Dalei Wang is eager to challenge this, with his 204 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Shandong Luneng had fun at their own home (Changchun's People Stadium) last time out, beating Guangzhou R&F 2-0. Zheng and Cryzan scored. Midfielder Fellaini was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.23. Fellaini hit five key passes and had 67 successful passes (of 73 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Henan Jianye.Shandong Luneng have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Super League game against Dalian Professional. A difficult itinerary for them!
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Changchun Yatai and Shandong Luneng have met before this season: Shandong Luneng - Changchun 4-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Changchun Yatai wins - draws - Shandong Luneng wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tan 3 goals |   M. Lima Magalhães 3 goals |  J. Jin 3 goals |
Changchun Yatai missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Changchun Yatai | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 75% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 12% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 16 | 13.7 | 9.6 |
| 5.9 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 25 | 27.7 | 20.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 41% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 48% |
| 12.6 | 9.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 7.3 | 6.4 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
- Changchun Yatai have not yet lost a game at home.
- Changchun Yatai have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shandong Luneng have scored away.
- Shandong Luneng have created more than twice as many corners as Changchun Yatai.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (6) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shandong Luneng have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 22 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Meizhou Hakka | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Dalian Professional | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Shanghai SIPG | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Shenzhen | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Hangzhou | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Wuhan Zall | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Chengdu Qianbao | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 3 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 3 |
| 18 | Guangzhou R&F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -18 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
