This could be an interesting match as Shandong Luneng have their presumed home advantage while Guangzhou Evergrande are ahead 8 points in the Super League table.
It's no vacation for neither Shandong nor Guangzhou Evergrande as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Guangzhou Evergrande when visiting Shandong as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Shandong Luneng at their home stadium (Dalian Sports Center) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Shandong, their manager X. Li and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Shandong shared the glory with Shanghai Shenhua in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Jiangsu Suning with the scoreline 0-1.
Shandong aren't scoring a lot here at Dalian Sports Center in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. From these home matches, Shandong Luneng have conceded only 4 goals.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (25) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Shenzhen in their previous game. Before that, Evergrande secured a home win against Guangzhou R&F with the score 2-1.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Evergrande alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (17 from 5 played). 5 goals have been conceded by Evergrande in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Guangzhou Evergrande - Shandong Luneng 0-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Shandong, zero draws and seven wins for Guangzhou Evergrande. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Bezzera Maciel Júnior 19 goals |   G. Pellè 17 goals |  R. Krug Guedes 12 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 20% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 2.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 120 | 64 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 65 | 132 |
| 44 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 28 | 50 |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 61% | 50% |
- All of Guangzhou Evergrande's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most points (13) away in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (17) away in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals (25) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+12) away in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande has the the best goal difference (+17) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande have not yet lost a game away.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored at least twice as many goals away as Shandong Luneng have scored home.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Guangzhou Evergrande haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Guangzhou Evergrande is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Shandong Luneng haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 13 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -13 | 10 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 6 |