The Shanghai Shenhua & Shandong Luneng managers Wu and Hao are both dreading and eagerly anticipating this key fixture in the upper area of the Super League positions.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shandong Luneng, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Shandong Luneng could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Wuhan Zall. 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.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Shanghai Shenhua have to build on here at Jinzhou Stadium in the Super League.
Happy days for Shanghai in their previous game, a fixture away at Beijing Guoan (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Sweet to taste a league victory after four games without. Jin was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Jin hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Tianjin Teda that ended 1-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Shanghai Shenhua as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Meizhou Hakka are visiting.
Shanghai Shenhua are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Shanghai Shenhua have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Super League. Impressively, the visitors are on a nine-match winning run which they hope continue versus Shanghai Shenhua.
It's the second away game in a row for Shandong, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Wuhan Zall (placed 11th) last time out. Midfield player Pu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.5/10. Pu scored two goals and hit one key pass.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Chengdu Qianbao.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shandong Luneng are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai Shenhua-Shandong Luneng H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shanghai Shenhua two wins, Shandong Luneng four wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 8 goals |   J. Zhu 5 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 5 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 33 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 80% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 22% | 13% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 60% |
| 14% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 7% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 11.9 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 23 | 21 | 18.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 54% | 53% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 48% |
| 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
- Shandong Luneng have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals away as Shanghai Shenhua have scored home.
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (9) 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 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 40 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Chengdu Qianbao | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Meizhou Hakka | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Beijing Guoan | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Wuhan Zall | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Shenzhen | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Dalian Yifang | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -11 | 10 |
| 17 | Guangzhou R&F | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -27 | 3 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -32 | 3 |
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