Shanghai Port vs Shandong Luneng Live Stream, Predictions (May 17)

📏 Form Guide

Shanghai Port

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Shanghai Port will be looking for a repeat result of a 3-1 Super League triumph against Qingdao Hainiu.

Fixtures involving Shanghai Port have proved to be exciting ones lately with plenty of scoring expected. Over their past 6 games alone, a total of 23 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 14 of those accredited to Shanghai Port.

Shandong Luneng

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Shandong Luneng go into this clash following a 4-2 Super League win to beat Zhejiang Professional in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Shandong Luneng had 48% possession and 11 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer for Shandong Luneng was Valeri Qazaishvili (24', 63', 90'). On the other side, Zhejiang Professional had 18 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

Indicating their fondness for eventful matches, we’ve seen goals 27 times in the last 6 games in which Shandong Luneng have taken to the field, making it a mean average of 4.5 goals per fixture. Opposition teams have managed 14 of these goals. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see if such a trend might be replicated in this next match or not.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head meetings stretching back to 23/12/2022 tells us that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Shandong Luneng. They have not been able to get any victories whatsoever while Shanghai Port have been the better of the two, running out winners in 67% of those matches played.

A total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 12 of them for The Red Eagles and 6 for Taishan Dui. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

📰 Team News: Shanghai Port

Junling Yan (Ankle injury), Umidjan Yusup (Arm injury) and Zhen'ao Wang (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Shanghai Port gaffer Kevin Muscat.

🔮 Prediction

Shanghai Port will most probably be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

However, Shandong Luneng may well struggle to score themselves although we do think that they will probably end up scoring here as well.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Shanghai Port at the conclusion of the game.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the 90 minute result market, backing Shanghai Port can be had for 1.9, a bet on a draw is 4.33 & putting your money on a win for Shandong Luneng can get you 3.25. These are the most competitive prices offered at the moment.

Peter Guest, 08:14 13/05/2025