Shandong Luneng have delivered excellent football this season, being 2nd place in the table. Tianjin Teda can look both ways from their 10th spot.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (11) in Super League
The hosts Shandong Luneng saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. This match was also played here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Tianjin Teda have had more rest.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 25 points collected from 9 matches (8-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. Two home wins in a row for Shandong bring valid hopes of a third.
Shandong Luneng's last game was hosting Shanghai SIPG (placed 5th) and winning 3-1. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Cryzan, having scored in five consecutive matches. The striker Cryzan was announced as "man of the match" for Shandong with the rating of 8.2/10. Cryzan scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 38 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Guangzhou Evergrande in a game that was won 3-0.Lots of goals? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league games with this club has had at least three goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Shanghai Shenhua in only four days. This game is also played here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium.
Shandong Luneng can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. Defensively Shandong have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 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.
Tianjin Teda form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Tianjin Teda have produced an overall stat of 5-3-4 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Tianjin Teda are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Home advantage was not enough for Tianjin in their previous game as they lost hosting Hangzhou, 1-2. Ye got a match rating of 8.83 in that game, top player of the team. Ye hit four key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Wuhan Zall.A new game in only four days for Tianjin Teda, the Super League home match versus Hebei CFFC. Busy days.
The visiting Tianjin Teda have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Tianjin have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played before this season: Tianjin Teda - Shandong Luneng 0-1. Data for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two squads are: eight wins for Shandong Luneng, zero draws and two wins for Tianjin Teda. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 16 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 8 goals |   D. Ba 5 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Tianjin Teda missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Tianjin Teda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 50 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 95% |
| 86% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 68% |
| 64% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 32% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 9% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 6.6 | 6.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17.5 | 14.2 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 51% | 55% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | 37% |
| 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
- 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 in the first half (6) 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.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 45 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 32 | 53 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 40 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 39 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 37 |
| 8 | Chengdu Qianbao | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Dalian Yifang | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 24 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -18 | 18 |
| 16 | Wuhan Zall | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -24 | 12 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 23 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 32 | -59 | 3 |
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