A highly important fixture in Super League as both squads are fighting for the top spots. With Meizhou Hakka in 6th place and Shandong Luneng at 2nd, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting battle. Read on to learn more!
- Meizhou Hakka have the most points from losing position (8) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (10) in Super League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
The complete Super League results at home this season for Meizhou Hakka are 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Cui (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
The followers are hoping that Meizhou Hakka will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Shanghai Shenhua (placed 3rd). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through three league rounds. Midfielder Shi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.21 (out of ten) in that game. Shi hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 56 total).
In the match before that, Meizhou hosted Hangzhou and drew the game 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Meizhou Hakka as they are travelling to their away game against Guangzhou Evergrande in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Meizhou are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Meizhou Hakka have conceded 12 goals.
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 24 points from their 11 away matches in the Super League. 8 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats).
Shandong Luneng play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Shenzhen (placed 13th). As you can tell from the results above, Shandong was very dominant against Shenzhen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Guo, Moisés and Cryzan (2) providing the goals. The attacker Cryzan got a match rating of 9.15 in that game. Cryzan scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
A draw for Shandong Luneng before that, at their own venue hosting Wuhan Three Towns (1-1).The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Beijing Guoan.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shandong are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Meizhou Hakka wins - draws - Shandong Luneng wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 10 goals |   A. Vukanović 7 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 6 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | 24 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 24 | 39 |
| 16 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| 83% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 83% |
| 50% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 56% |
| 22% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 28% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 18% | 11% |
| 56% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 39% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 45% | 56% |
| 28% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 6% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 14.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 20.3 | 18.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 45% | 49% |
| 9.6 | 9.4 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
- Meizhou Hakka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meizhou Hakka have the most points from losing position (8) 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 the most clean sheets (10) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most scored goals (24) away 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 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 43 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 7 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Dalian Yifang | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Wuhan Zall | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 17 |
| 15 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 9 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -44 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
