The Super League game at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium on Friday will see home side Shandong Luneng play opponents Sichuan Jiuniu.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Shandong Luneng v Sichuan Jiuniu, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Shandong Luneng
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Shandong Luneng, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 Super League victory over Changchun Yatai.
In that match, Shandong Luneng had 54% possession and 22 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Shandong Luneng, the scorers were Crysan (34') and Guilherme Madruga (75'). At the other end, Changchun Yatai got 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Tan Long (47') was the scorer for Changchun Yatai.
It has been seldom in recent games that Shandong Luneng have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Shandong Luneng have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 11 goals during that time. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern shall be replicated in this next game or not.
Sichuan Jiuniu
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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Henan Jianye in Super League action, Sichuan Jiuniu will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Sichuan Jiuniu had 55% possession and 12 shots at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Henan had 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. Lucas Maia (42'), Iago Maidana (59') and Bruno Nazário (74') scored for Henan Jianye.
Indicating their partiality to high-scoring matches, goals have been seen as many as 22 times in the prior 6 games in which Sichuan Jiuniu have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 3.67 goals each fixture. Opposition teams have hit 14 of these goals.
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Head to head
The last league encounter featuring these sides was Super League match day 27 on 28/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Sichuan Jiuniu 1-4 Shandong Luneng.
That day, Sichuan Jiuniu managed 53% possession and 16 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.
On the other side, Shandong Luneng got 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Pedro Delgado (77', 92') scored.
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Prediction
We’re thinking that Shandong Luneng will most probably be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.
At the other end, Sichuan Jiuniu won’t find it easy to score themselves although we do think that they will probably end up seeing enough of the ball to score, too.
We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Shandong Luneng at full-time.
Andre Moura,
21:05 07/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Shandong Luneng
Formed: 1993
Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium (56,808)
Captain: Zheng Zheng
Chairman: Sun Hua
Manager: Kang-hee Choi
Competitions: Super League position 7