A victory to the home team is anticipated from this fixture if the league standings is to be believed. The Shandong Luneng fans are confident that the mismatch between 3rd and Guangzhou R&F's 18th position in the table will show on the playing field.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (5) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals (20) in Super League
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.
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
4-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Shandong Luneng so far this season. Ever since the Hangzhou game Shandong has been unbeatable here at Pennant Hills Park producing four straight wins.
Shandong Luneng's last game was hosting Henan Jianye (placed 4th) and winning 2-0. Cryzan, a striker, was the declared top player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.05 (out of 10). Cryzan scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that, an away loss at Hangzhou.Betting heads-up: This side have played 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.
The manager Hao will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Changchun Yatai in only four days.
The Shandong Luneng manager Hao has got the team scoring with 10 from 4 home games in the league.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
No Super League points yet away for Guangzhou R&F, from their first 2 matches. Guangzhou are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 4 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Changchun Yatai game.)
Home advantage was not enough for Guangzhou R&F in their previous game as they lost hosting Dalian Yifang, 0-3. Defender Jinliang was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Jinliang won 1 of 7 duels.
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Changchun Yatai.It's early days yet, but Guangzhou R&F has scored 1 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The former H2H game ended Guangzhou R&F - Shandong Luneng 0-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - zero (Shandong wins - draws - Guangzhou R&F wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Lima Magalhães 3 goals |  J. Jin 3 goals |  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 2 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 9.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 2.6 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 6.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.1 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 44% | 62% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 6.9 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 17.6 |
| 2 | 0.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
- All of Guangzhou R&F's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guangzhou R&F have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Guangzhou R&F have lost all their matches so far.
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals (20) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Guangzhou R&F haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shandong Luneng have created more than twice as many corners as Guangzhou R&F.
- Shandong Luneng have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Shandong Luneng have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shandong Luneng have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Shandong Luneng have scored more than double the goals of Guangzhou R&F.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (5) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most points (12) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have won all their matches at home so far.
- Shandong Luneng have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shandong Luneng have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 16 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Shenzhen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Dalian Yifang | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Shanghai SIPG | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Wuhan Zall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Hangzhou | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Tianjin Teda | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Chengdu Qianbao | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 17 | Hebei CFFC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 0 |
| 18 | Guangzhou R&F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -16 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
