Shandong Luneng can not expect any pleasantries from their host Guangzhou R&F in this Super League game. Here's our full preview!
- Guangzhou R&F have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League
It's no vacation for neither Guangzhou nor Shandong Luneng as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams have little in common geographically as Shandong Luneng have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Guangzhou R&F have played 6 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Guangzhou, as their goalkeeper Jiaqi Han has completely shut out the opponents for 197 minutes in the Super League.
A strong away win for Guangzhou R&F against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright the last match, as Tiago Leonço and Jown Cardona were on target. The attacker Guilherme was "man of the match" for Guangzhou R&F with a rating of 8.41/10. Guilherme served one assist, hit four key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 35 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Shenzhen.Guangzhou R&F are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Henan Jianye awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Guangzhou R&F are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Guangzhou have conceded 11 from these games.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Shandong Luneng, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League, playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Marouane Fellaini (2), Tianyu Guo and Xin Xu scored in Shandong's previous match, the home game against Shenzhen that ended 4-2. Midfielder Jun-ho Son was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.83. Son hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 60 successful passes (of 63 total). A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Shandong, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Prior to that result Shandong won their away game at Qingdao Hainiu. The scoreline was 5-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Shandong are hosting Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in the Super League only three days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shandong are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Shandong Luneng - Guangzhou 0-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Guangzhou victories, four draws and six Shandong Luneng wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 8 goals |  T. Guo 6 goals |  J. Cardona Agudelo 4 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 50% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 5 | 3.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 12.8 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 11.2 | 13.2 |
| 4 | 5.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 40% | 41% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 52% | 46% |
- All of Shandong Luneng's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Guangzhou R&F have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guangzhou R&F have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Super League
- 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 in all their away matches so far.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the the best goal difference (+17) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Super League
- Shandong Luneng haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shandong Luneng is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shandong Luneng | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 24 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 11 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 7 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -22 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)