This should be yet another exciting run-in at Tianhe Stadium in the Super League. Shanghai SIPG is in 2nd position and welcome Shandong Luneng in 1st spot. Read about the game here!
- Shanghai SIPG have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shandong Luneng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Shanghai SIPG nor Shandong Luneng 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.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Shanghai SIPG at their home stadium (Tianhe Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Shanghai has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Tianhe Stadium. We remember; it was Changchun Yatai.
Shanghai's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Guangzhou R&F (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Li got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Li won 6 of 8 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Shenzhen and winning 3-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shanghai as they are travelling to their away game against Guangzhou Evergrande in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Shanghai SIPG's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. Shandong have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena.
Jadson and ho scored in Shandong Luneng's previous match, the home game against Beijing Guoan that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Jadson scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Beijing Guoan. Defender Jadson was the best team player with a rating of 8.33. Jadson scored one goal and won 10 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hebei CFFC at their stadium, the result 5-0.A new game in only three days for Shandong Luneng, the Super League home match versus Changchun Yatai. Busy days.
5 goals so far away for Shandong Luneng, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shanghai five wins, two draws and Shandong Luneng three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 9 goals |  T. Guo 9 goals |   W. Lü 7 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 21 | 37 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 88% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 94% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 38% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 56% | 88% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6.9 | 7.1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.9 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.9 | 13.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 45% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 10.4 | 11.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
- All of Shandong Luneng's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 in all their away matches so far.
- Shandong Luneng haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shanghai SIPG have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shanghai SIPG have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 39 |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| 3 | Changchun Yatai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 4 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 31 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Shenzhen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Hebei CFFC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 24 |
| 8 | Guangzhou R&F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 21 |
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