The Super League league table tells a tale about these contenders to this date, with Shandong Luneng ahead of Shenzhen by 39 points. Tipsway full preview:
- Shandong Luneng have the most points (37) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have scored more than double the goals of Shenzhen.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 37 points collected from 14 matches (12-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
Shandong Luneng are returning here after visiting Guangzhou Evergrande and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Fellaini, Jin and Moisés (2) scored the goal(s). A goal frenzy last time out for Shandong, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Guangzhou Evergrande. Fun stuff to watch! Midfield player Moisés got a match rating of 9.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Moisés scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Wuhan Three Towns that finished 1-1.Everyone expects Shandong Luneng to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 7 games: 6 home wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Shandong Luneng have won with at least two goals margin 5 times in similar situations.
Goal party? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 13 latest league games with this club has had at least three goals.
Shandong are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 38 goals in 14 matches. Shandong Luneng have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shenzhen form and stats
There's been little loot from Shenzhen's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Super League. Shenzhen only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Shenzhen who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Guangzhou Evergrande was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Viana (own goal) was the last player to score for the away team. Shenzhen haven't scored a league goal in the last 267 minutes.
Shenzhen are travelling again after losing away to Hebei CFFC in their previous match (0-2). Zheng got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Zheng hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 25 successful passes (of 27 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Changchun Yatai.Shenzhen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Shenzhen have conceded 29 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shandong Luneng have not lost in the last 14 matches (10-4-0) versus Shenzhen.The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: Shenzhen - Shandong Luneng 0-4.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 21 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 12 goals |   F. Opoku Acheampong 8 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 73 | 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 29 |
| 27 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | 58 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 67% | 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | 57% |
| 40% | 43% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 36% | 27% |
| 23% | 21% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 29% | 17% |
| 50% | 36% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 47% |
| 47% | 64% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 14% | 17% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 40% |
| 6.3 | 6 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17.5 | 16.4 | 23.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.5 | 9.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 50% | 53% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 7 | 6.4 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 10.9 | 12.6 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Shenzhen.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most points (37) 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.
- Shenzhen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shenzhen have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Shenzhen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 59 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 46 | 69 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 56 |
| 5 | Chengdu Qianbao | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 42 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -29 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 31 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -33 | 17 |
| 17 | Wuhan Zall | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 31 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -87 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
