There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Shandong Luneng leading Shijiazhuang Ever Bright by 20 points.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
It's no vacation for neither Shandong nor Shijiazhuang Ever Bright as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
5-1-0 is the performance here at Huangpu Sports Center so far in the Super League, giving Shandong Luneng a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
A good away victory last time out for Shandong, who won 3-1 against Guangzhou R&F (placed 4th). Midfield player Jun-ho Son got a match rating of 9.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Son signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 69 total).
Ahead of that match, Shandong won a home game hosting Shenzhen (4-2).The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Shandong home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Shandong are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Shandong have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright form and stats
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Super League, after 0-2-4 (6 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Shijiazhuang's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The supporters enjoyed Shijiazhuang's previous game versus Shenzhen (placed 3rd), a Super League 2-1 win played at home. Zihao Yan was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Yan scored one goal and won 1 of 3 duels.
A 0-2 loss hosting Guangzhou R&F before that.You'll want to know how Shijiazhuang managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. The Shijiazhuang manager A. Ghotbi has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Shijiazhuang Ever Bright - Shandong Luneng 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Shandong Luneng two wins, zero draws and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 9 goals |  T. Guo 6 goals | J. Son 2 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 85% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 46% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 46% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 15% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 8% |
| 46% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 54% |
| 54% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.4 | 15.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.3 | 9.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 44% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 31% |
- 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 more than double the goals of Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the most conceded goals (13) away in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright have yet to win a 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 | Shandong Luneng | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 27 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -23 | 7 |
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