It's the second window of opportunity for points this league season as Henan Jianye and Shandong Luneng fight it out.
Henan Jianye have less rest than Shandong Luneng in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dalian Professional, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Henan Jianye form and stats
The previous season, Henan Jianye's league results were 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, results that produced 2nd place in the Super League. During these eight matches they scored 6 goals and conceded 6. Playing at home in the previous season Henan Jianye generated 3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 1 conceded. A Super League draw at home so far for Henan Jianye. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 4 matches.
The home regulars saw a 2-2 draw versus Dalian Professional last time out and are looking for a win here. Zhao was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Zhao scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 4 of 5 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Shanghai Shenhua.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Henan Jianye, as the Super League home game vs Hangzhou is only three days away.
Henan Jianye has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Let's have a look at how Shandong Luneng performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 26/22 goals scored/conceded.
The followers enjoyed Shandong's previous fixture versus Hangzhou (placed 14th), a 1-0 win played at home. Jadson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Jadson scored one goal and won 8 of 9 duels.
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There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shandong Luneng manager Yu as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Guangzhou R&F.
Head 2 Head
Henan Jianye-Shandong Luneng H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Henan Jianye one win, Shandong Luneng seven wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Henan Jianye missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Henan Jianye | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Henan Jianye | Last season | Shandong Luneng | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 14 | Scored | S | 25 | 47 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 14% | ||
| 41% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 55% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 45% | ||
| 32% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 5% | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 13.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 43% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Beijing Guoan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hangzhou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Shanghai SIPG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Chengdu Qianbao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Shenhua | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 37 |
| 2 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Wuhan Zall | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)