A total of 31 rounds of games are done and both Shanghai SIPG and Shandong Luneng are up there with the best. Let's start!
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most clean sheets (15) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Shandong Luneng when visiting Shanghai SIPG as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Shanghai SIPG have managed 9 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.
Shanghai are confident in defense, having played 229 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Shanghai SIPG enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Meizhou Hakka's place. The match ended 1-0 with Li scoring. Manager Leko felt very clever after Li scored the winning goal against Meizhou Hakka, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 61st minute. Defender Browning got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Browning won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Chengdu Rongcheng that finished 0-0.The Shanghai SIPG fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 15 league matches. Shanghai SIPG have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 10-2-4 from 16 games.
Impressive finishing from Pu, Fellaini (2), Moisés and Cryzan secured the home win 8-0 against Shenzhen in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Shandong was very dominant against Shenzhen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 8-0 (!) with Pu, Fellaini (2), Moisés and Cryzan providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Cryzan's lethal finishing against Shenzhen. four goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Cryzan got a player rating of 10.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Cryzan scored four goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, the victory at home hosting Zibo Sunday in the FA Cup (3-0).
Observe that 12 of this club's 14 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
Shandong Luneng have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 35 goals from 16 away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Shandong Luneng in these games.
Head 2 Head
Shandong Luneng have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (5-1-0) when playing Shanghai.It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Shandong Luneng - Shanghai SIPG 3-1.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 25 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 13 goals |   L. Wu 11 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 46 | 25 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 35 | 81 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 90% |
| 42% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 69% | 68% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 42% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 42% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 48% |
| 42% | 47% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 48% |
| 23% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 6% | 3% |
| 5.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.4 | 11.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 18.6 | 18 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 34% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 47% | 52% |
| 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
- 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 the most clean sheets (15) in Super League
- Shandong Luneng have the most scored goals in the second half (49) 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.
- Shanghai SIPG have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
- Shanghai SIPG haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Wuhan Three Towns | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 59 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 54 | 72 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 56 |
| 5 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 42 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 37 | -37 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 32 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 57 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -33 | 17 |
| 17 | Wuhan Zall | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 32 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -87 | -3 |
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