This promises to be another interesting encounter at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the Super League. Shandong Luneng is in 1st position and welcome Guangzhou R&F in 2nd place. Read all about the match here!
- Shandong Luneng is in the best form (3-2-0)
- Guangzhou R&F have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
These teams have little in common geographically as Guangzhou R&F 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
As mentioned below, Shandong Luneng are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Super League games.
The home team returns to Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Shenzhen (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Super League game ended 2-2. Midfield player Marouane Fellaini got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Fellaini scored two goals and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Shandong Luneng won a home game hosting Qingdao Hainiu (2-0).There will be little rest for Shandong after this match as they are travelling to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright for a Super League game in only three days.
Shandong Luneng has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Guangzhou R&F are still undefeated on their travels in the Super League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Guangzhou played 0-0 against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in their previous match. Midfielder Guilherme was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Guilherme hit four key passes.
A 2-4 loss hosting Shenzhen before that.After this away game Guangzhou return home for a Super League game against Henan Jianye. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Guangzhou R&F have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Shandong, three draws and zero wins for Guangzhou R&F. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 3 goals |  T. Guo 2 goals |   G. Costa Marques 2 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 8.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 42% |
- Guangzhou R&F have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Guangzhou R&F have not yet lost a game away.
- Guangzhou R&F have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Guangzhou R&F have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
- Guangzhou R&F have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shandong Luneng have created more than twice as many corners as Guangzhou R&F.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shandong Luneng have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (3) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the the best goal difference (+5) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have won all their matches at home so far.
- Shandong Luneng have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Shandong Luneng haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shandong Luneng is in the best form (3-2-0)
| Shandong Luneng | Last season | Guangzhou R&F | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 23 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 37 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 90% | ||
| 70% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 35% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 25% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | ||
| 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 40% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Guangzhou R&F | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Qingdao Hainiu | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)