Guangzhou R&F greet Shandong Luneng for another absorbing Super League game here at Yuexiushan Stadium.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 Guangzhou and Shandong Luneng.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
In their previous game, the manager Gastel led his Guangzhou R&F to a defeat away at Dalian Professional. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yuexiushan Stadium. Yi, defender, was given a rating of 7.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Yi won 4 of 5 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Changchun Yatai (1-4).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Guangzhou R&F, as the Super League home game vs Henan Jianye is only three days away.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Shandong Luneng playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
There might be some fixture complaints from Shandong as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-4 against Henan Jianye. Midfielder Jin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Jin scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Hangzhou.A quick return to home after this game, as Shandong Luneng are hosting Changchun Yatai in the Super League only four days away.
1 goal so far away for Shandong Luneng, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Guangzhou R&F zero wins, four draws and Shandong Luneng six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Guangzhou R&F missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 23 | 15.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 11.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 8.5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 4.5 |
| Guangzhou R&F | Last season | Shandong Luneng | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 47 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 50% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 14% | ||
| 59% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 55% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 45% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 5% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 13.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 43% | ||
| 14.5 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Wuhan Zall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Shandong Luneng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Meizhou Hakka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Hangzhou | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Chengdu Qianbao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Shanghai SIPG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
