There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Super League table so far. Here's the Shandong Luneng - Hebei CFFC latest:
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng's struggle is real here at Kunshan Sports Center Stadium with only 7 points collected from 7 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The home team returns to Kunshan Sports Center Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Hebei CFFC on their last time out; the Super League game ended 2-2. Prior to that, an away loss at Beijing Guoan.
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Hebei CFFC last time out, but a goal from Róger Guedes completed a comeback to a draw result for Shandong.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Shandong have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost zero.
Shandong have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Shandong have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Hebei delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Shandong Luneng in their previous match; a Super League game. Prior to that match, the Hebei CFFC manager F. Xie faced defeat when travelling to Guangzhou Evergrande and losing 0-5.
Drawing 2-2 against Shandong Luneng after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager F. Xie needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
We have checked recent matches where Hebei CFFC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, two draws and one defeat.
Hebei have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. The Hebei CFFC manager F. Xie has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Hebei CFFC - Shandong 2-2 earlier this season. Shandong-Hebei CFFC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shandong Luneng seven wins, Hebei CFFC one win, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Pellè 17 goals |  R. Krug Guedes 12 goals |  M. Amaral Alves 11 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Hebei CFFC missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Hebei CFFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 28 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 19 | 33 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 94% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 76% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 62% | 71% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 65% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 200 | 99 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 100 | 190 |
| 67 | 28 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 32 | 69 |
| 36% | 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 41% |
- Hebei CFFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hebei CFFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shandong Luneng has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng has the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Super League
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -14 | 15 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 6 |
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