Qingdao Hainiu played 2-4 against Guangzhou R&F last week, a game to remember. Next up is this strong Shandong Luneng side.
- Qingdao Hainiu have the fewest scored goals (6) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League
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 Qingdao and Shandong Luneng.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Qingdao Hainiu, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Super League, are 2-0-3 (wins-draw-losses). It's trouble wherever Qingdao are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Qingdao are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Guangzhou R&F. The attacker Jianrong Zhu was "man of the match" for Qingdao with a rating of 8.65/10. Zhu scored two goals. A goal frenzy last time out for Qingdao, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Guangzhou R&F. Fun stuff to watch!
Ahead of that match, Qingdao lost 1-4 at home to Shenzhen.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Qingdao as they are travelling to their away game against Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Qingdao Hainiu here at Conson Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Qingdao are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 5 played).
Shandong Luneng form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Marouane Fellaini and Tianyu Guo scored in Shandong's previous match, the home game against Henan Jianye that ended 2-0. Midfield player Marouane Fellaini was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Fellaini scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 82 successful passes (of 88 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Guangzhou Evergrande wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shenzhen in just three days.
Shandong are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Shandong have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Shandong Luneng - Qingdao Hainiu 2-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Qingdao wins - draws - Shandong Luneng wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 5 goals |  T. Guo 5 goals |  D. Radonjić 1 goals |
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Qingdao Hainiu | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 3.5 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 5.8 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 10.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9.6 | 11.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 16% | 24% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 47% | 39% |
- All of Shandong Luneng's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Qingdao Hainiu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Qingdao Hainiu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Qingdao Hainiu have the fewest scored goals (6) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the most conceded goals (22) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Qingdao Hainiu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Qingdao Hainiu is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Qingdao Hainiu.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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 (6) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Shenzhen | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -16 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)