Only the second game in the Super League for these teams and it's all to play for as Shandong Luneng welcomes Guangzhou Evergrande. Check out this preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
These teams have little in common geographically as Guangzhou Evergrande have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong are returning here after visiting Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in a Super League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Leonardo and Tianyu Guo scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting Jiangsu Suning and winning 2-0.
Last season, Shandong Luneng's league statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Super League. Over these 14 matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 11. Playing at home last season Shandong Luneng managed 2-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 6 conceded.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
There were no winners in Evergrande's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 2-2 vs Guangzhou R&F (placed 5th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Suwon Bluewings in the AFC Champions League.
The draw against Guangzhou R&F came from a losing position. The Evergrande manager F. Cannavaro brought on Shaocong Wu as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kitchee in just one day.
Let's have a look at how Guangzhou Evergrande performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 20/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Shandong Luneng won three, Guangzhou Evergrande won seven and zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Guo 1 goals | L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 1 goals |  S. Wu 1 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Shandong Luneng | Last season | Guangzhou Evergrande | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 90% | ||
| 70% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 70% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 60% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 35% | ||
| 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 15% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 47% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Qingdao Hainiu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Guangzhou R&F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Henan Jianye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |