A important fixture in Super League as both teams are challenging for the top league positions. With Shandong Luneng in 2nd place and Shanghai SIPG at 3rd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (11) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Super League
These teams have little in common geographically as Shanghai SIPG have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Shandong Luneng and Shanghai SIPG should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Shandong Luneng so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Shandong Luneng's last game was hosting Guangzhou Evergrande (placed 16th) and winning 3-0. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Cryzan, having bagged a goal in four matches in a row. The forward Cryzan was named "man of the match" for Shandong Luneng with a rating of 9.13/10. Cryzan hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.
3-3 away at Beijing Guoan before that.Goal party? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this club has had three goals or more.
The Shandong manager Hao has got the team scoring with 18 from 8 home games in the league. Defensively Shandong Luneng have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. Shanghai SIPG has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Impressive finishing from Browning, Paulinho, Baiyang (2) and Lei secured the home win 7-0 against Meizhou Hakka in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Shanghai was very dominant against Meizhou Hakka, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-0 (!) with Browning, Paulinho, Baiyang (2) and Lei providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Lei's lethal finishing against Meizhou Hakka. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. The attacker Vargas got a match rating of 9.4 in that game. Vargas signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
Prior to that result Shanghai SIPG won their away game at Changchun Yatai. The scoreline was 4-1.Shanghai have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Shanghai SIPG are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Shandong have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (4-1-0) when facing Shanghai SIPG.Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 14 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 8 goals |   W. Lü 6 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 47 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 86% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 33% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 43% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 38% |
| 52% | 75% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 24% |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17.9 | 14.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 11.3 | 12 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 49% | 53% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | 36% |
| 6.5 | 5.6 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 11.3 | 9.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- Shandong Luneng have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shandong Luneng have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (11) 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.
- Shanghai SIPG have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 37 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 36 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Meizhou Hakka | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Chengdu Qianbao | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -16 | 24 |
| 13 | Dalian Yifang | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -21 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 22 | -21 | 12 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -26 | 11 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 28 | -51 | 3 |
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