Both teams are happy with a quality season so far and matches like today could be decisive. Read more about Shandong Luneng - Shanghai Shenhua!
- Shandong Luneng have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
These teams have little in common geographically as Shanghai Shenhua have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 6 Super League games here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium for Shandong Luneng. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Shandong has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).
Shandong Luneng drew their last game, also a home match. Chengdu Rongcheng (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
Before that match, a win away at Henan Jianye.Goals decide football matches and Shandong are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Shandong Luneng have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Super League. Shanghai Shenhua have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Shanghai play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Hangzhou (placed 9th). Amadou got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Amadou had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Tianjin Teda.A tale of few goals? 12 of this club's last 15 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
Shanghai Shenhua are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
These sides encountered each other before this match year: Shanghai Shenhua - Shandong Luneng 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Shandong wins - draws - Shanghai Shenhua wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 6 goals |   C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 5 goals |  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 4 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 44% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 53% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.3 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.9 | 16.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.9 | 12.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 28% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | 27% |
| 7.9 | 7 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.7 | 11.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.9 |
- All of Shandong Luneng's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shandong Luneng have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the the best goal difference (+9) at home 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 at home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Shanghai Shenhua have scored in all their matches so far.
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most clean sheets (8) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Super League
- Shanghai Shenhua 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Nantong Zhiyun | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 11 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Dalian Yifang | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
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