Only a few games have been played in the Super League so far, with Shandong Luneng placed 3rd and Shenzhen sitting in the 6th position.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shenzhen, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng's first Super League home game here at Dalian University Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 15 matches.
A strong away win for Shandong against Guangzhou Evergrande the last match. Preceding that match was the home game against Shanghai Shenhua that was lost 0-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Shandong as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Henan Jianye are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shandong Luneng at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Shenzhen form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Super League ended in defeat. Last season Shenzhen had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 0, drew 3 and lost 12. Three has not been a lucky number for Shenzhen as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Guangzhou R&F match.
Shenzhen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Henan Jianye proved too strong as Shenzhen slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre. A loss against Guangzhou Evergrande was the result prior to that, in a home game.
It's early days yet, but Shenzhen has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Shandong won six, Shenzhen won one and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Pellè 17 goals |  R. Krug Guedes 12 goals |  J. Mary Honi Uzuegbunam 9 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 17 | 50 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 44% |
- Shenzhen has the fewest points (0) away
| Shandong Luneng | Last season | Shenzhen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 12 | 17 | ||
| 55 | 29 | Scored | S | 7 | 31 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 34 | 57 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 90% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 63% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 13% | ||
| 63% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 47% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 398 | 208 | Total Shots | T S | 164 | 394 | ||
| 154 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 116 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jiangsu Suning | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Shenzhen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dalian Professional | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -10 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 44 | 72 |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 34 | 70 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 36 | 66 |
| 4 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 51 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -5 | 41 |
| 9 | Dalian Professional | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -7 | 38 |
| 10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 36 |
| 11 | Hebei CFFC | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -18 | 33 |
| 12 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 40 | -18 | 32 |
| 13 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Tianjin Quanjian | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Shenzhen | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 34 | -26 | 21 |
| 16 | Beijing Renhe | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33 | -39 | 14 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)