Qingdao Hainiu hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 7 points and a 6th position in the Super League table. Visiting Shenzhen holds 3rd place with 15 pts.
- Qingdao Hainiu have the fewest scored goals (3) in Super League
- Shenzhen have the most points (9) away in Super League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Qingdao Hainiu, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Super League, are 2-0-2 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Qingdao to get some points in this home game.
Liu Jian was the last player to score a league goal for Qingdao and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Qingdao Hainiu haven't scored in 270 minutes.
Qingdao lost their last game at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Peng Lü (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Lü hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Romain Alessandrini for missing a penalty kick versus Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in the 48th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
Before that game, the home loss against Guangzhou Evergrande with the scoreline 0-6.There will be little rest for Qingdao after this match as they are travelling to Guangzhou R&F for a Super League game in only three days.
Qingdao have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Qingdao with 8 goals conceded in these matches.
Shenzhen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (9) away in Super League, on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Shenzhen, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Shenzhen have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Lu Zhang. It's been 248 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.
Shenzhen delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Henan Jianye (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Super League game. Zhipeng Jiang, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Jiang won 7 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Chongqing Dangdai Lifan with the score of 3-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Shenzhen are hosting Guangzhou Evergrande in the Super League only three days away.
The Shenzhen manager J. Granero Granero has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. As opposed to that, Shenzhen have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Qingdao and Shenzhen have met before this season: Shenzhen - Qingdao Hainiu 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Qingdao three wins, two draws and Shenzhen five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Souza Pereira Junior 6 goals | T. Dai 2 goals |  D. Radonjić 1 goals |
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Qingdao Hainiu | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 38% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.5 | 6.8 |
| 6.2 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 9 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 15.2 | 15.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | 33% |
- All of Shenzhen'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 (3) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Super League
- Qingdao Hainiu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Qingdao Hainiu is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Shenzhen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shenzhen have scored more than double the goals of Qingdao Hainiu.
- Shenzhen have the most points (9) away in Super League
- Shenzhen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shenzhen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shenzhen 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Qingdao Hainiu | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -11 | 7 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 8 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)