Super League: Top-notch versus below average, at least according to the table. Shandong Luneng - Wuhan Yangtze. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (13) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have scored more than double the goals of Wuhan Yangtze.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Wuhan Yangtze, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Henan Jianye. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Shandong Luneng so far, with 34 points won from 12 matches; 11 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. After failing to beat Wuhan Three Towns here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shandong has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Shandong Luneng faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chengdu Qianbao (1-2). Up until that defeat this team had gone nine consecutive league meetings without a loss. The versatile forward Cryzan edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.74 out of 10. Cryzan scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, a nice away win at Qingdao Jonoon. A FA Cup game.
Goal party? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 14 most recent league games with this team has seen three or more goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Cangzhou Mighty Lions in only four days. This game is also played here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium.
Shandong are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (31 goals in 12 games). Defensively Shandong Luneng have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 12 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wuhan Yangtze form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wuhan Yangtze so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-9 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Wuhan Yangtze, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Wuhan Yangtze, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Henan Jianye (placed 4th). Goalkeeper Zhenqiang got the top player rating of the team with 7.41/10. Zhenqiang saved a penalty.
Before that match, 2-2 away against Suzhou Dongwu (after extra-time, 7-6 on penalties) in the FA Cup.
Take note that 18 of this side's 21 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Shenzhen.
It's early days yet, but Wuhan Yangtze has scored 12 and conceded 24 goals from their travels in the league so far (12 games). Yangtze has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest meetings featuring these opponents have all finished as Shandong Luneng victories. Are we destined for another one?The newest archived match involving both these contenders is the Wuhan Yangtze - Shandong Luneng 1-2 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 19 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 9 goals |   F. Brown Forbes 9 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Wuhan Yangtze missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Wuhan Yangtze | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 61 | 31 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 21 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | 53 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 85% |
| 65% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 77% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 15% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 42% | 58% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 15% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 6.5 | 5.9 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.3 | 15 | 22.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 50% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 35% | 35% |
| 6.6 | 6 | 2.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.9 | 13.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Wuhan Yangtze.
- Shandong Luneng have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (13) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most points (34) 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.
- Wuhan Yangtze 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 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 51 | 62 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 40 | 62 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Henan Jianye | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 46 |
| 5 | Hangzhou | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 46 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Shanghai Shenhua | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -19 | 30 |
| 14 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -26 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -28 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 29 | -30 | 14 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 86 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -73 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
