Shandong Luneng are expected winners of this home match versus Guangzhou Evergrande, if the league standings are thought to provide some clues. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (10) in Super League
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 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!
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
Shandong Luneng shared the glory with Beijing Guoan in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. Late drama in the game against Beijing Guoan as Shandong were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Moisés popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Cryzan has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Ace! Midfield player Moisés got a match rating of 9.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Moisés scored two goals and hit two key passes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Meizhou Hakka and winning 2-1.Lots of goals and action? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this club has contained at least three goals.
Shandong Luneng can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Shandong have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
There's been little loot from Guangzhou Evergrande's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the Super League. Guangzhou Evergrande only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.
The manager Zheng was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Tianhe Stadium. Guangzhou Evergrande suffered a 1-3 loss to Meizhou Hakka (placed 7th). Attacker Yang got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Yang scored one goal and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
A 0-0 draw at Changchun Yatai's stadium before that.Goals are few and far between in Evergrande's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 10 travels. Guangzhou Evergrande struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games. Guangzhou Evergrande has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - zero - seven (Shandong wins - draws - Guangzhou Evergrande wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 12 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 8 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 44 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 17 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 14 | 19 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 60% | 50% |
| 60% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 50% | 45% |
| 30% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 10% | 15% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 10% | 10% |
| 45% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 30% | 35% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 60% | 55% |
| 6.9 | 6.9 | 10.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 14.6 | 22.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10.4 | 9.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 13% | 21% |
| 6.7 | 6 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 12.4 | 12.8 |
| 2.1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
- Guangzhou Evergrande have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guangzhou Evergrande have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shandong Luneng have created more than twice as many corners as Guangzhou Evergrande.
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Guangzhou Evergrande.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (10) 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 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 47 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 34 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Dalian Yifang | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -17 | 21 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -19 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 11 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 26 | -50 | 3 |
