A good game and three points is the only event that will please the Shandong Luneng club members in this Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium battle with Cangzhou Mighty Lions, having a healthy lead on the away side in the Super League standings.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (14) in Super League
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
This stadium, Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, has been a fortress for Shandong Luneng in the Super League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 12-1-0. Shandong Luneng has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium. We remember; it was Wuhan Three Towns.
Shandong's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Wuhan Yangtze (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Shandong Luneng "killed" Wuhan Yangtze in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The forward Moisés bested all the other players in that game and received a match rating of 9.82 out of 10. Moisés scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit ten key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 73 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Chengdu Qianbao.Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 latest league games with this club has contained three goals or more.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Shandong Luneng as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Shenzhen are visiting.
Shandong are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 36 goals in 13 matches. Shandong Luneng have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
6-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cangzhou Mighty Lions in their Super League matches away.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Changchun Yatai (placed 11th). That win felt good as this club had gone four league games without victory. The attacker Maritu got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Maritu served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dalian Professional.A new game in only four days for Cangzhou, the Super League home match versus Wuhan Three Towns. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Cangzhou Mighty Lions's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 15 league matches away. Cangzhou have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest fixtures featuring these teams have all ended as Shandong Luneng victories. More of the same or streak broken?The last H2H meeting ended Cangzhou Mighty Lions - Shandong Luneng 0-2, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 20 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 10 goals |   J. Kanté Martínez 10 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 66 | 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | 35 |
| 21 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 85% |
| 67% | 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 67% | 44% |
| 37% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 40% | 22% |
| 19% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 40% | 22% |
| 44% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 53% | 52% |
| 52% | 69% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 22% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 33% | 37% |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 17.5 | 15.5 | 22.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 51% | 54% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 47% | 38% |
| 6.6 | 6.1 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 12.7 | 13.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cangzhou Mighty Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shandong Luneng have created more than twice as many corners as Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
- Shandong Luneng have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shandong Luneng have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (14) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most points (37) at home 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 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 55 | 65 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 66 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 45 | 65 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 25 | 49 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 49 |
| 6 | Chengdu Qianbao | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 48 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 47 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 41 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | -5 | 31 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -24 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 27 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 29 | -29 | 15 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -31 | 15 |
| 17 | Wuhan Yangtze | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -31 | 12 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 27 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 92 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -78 | -6 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
