📊 Form Guide

Shandong Luneng

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Shandong Luneng will be looking for another win after a 0-1 Super League success vs Chengdu Rongcheng.

In that game, Shandong Luneng managed 32% possession and 4 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Shandong Luneng was Liao Lisheng (11'). Chengdu Rongcheng had 18 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

Fixtures with Shandong Luneng have often been lively ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 21 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 11 of them accredited to Shandong Luneng. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see whether that pattern might persist in this match.

Nantong Zhiyun

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Nantong Zhiyun head into the encounter after a 0-2 Super League win versus Qingdao Youth Island in their previous fixture.

In that game, Nantong Zhiyun managed 43% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nantong Zhiyun was Jesús Godínez (31', 38'). Qingdao West Coast got 3 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

It is worth noting that Nantong Zhiyun have suffered from a lack of goals over their previous six clashes, contributing the poor return of only 4. In those matches, Nantong have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 7.

👥 Head to head

The previous league meeting between these sides was Super League match day 17 on 16/07/2023 when it finished Nantong Zhiyun 1-1 Shandong Luneng.

That day, Nantong Zhiyun managed 60% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Rubilio Castillo (93').

On the other side, Shandong Luneng had 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Crysan (65') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Shandong Luneng

The Shandong Luneng manager Kang-hee Choi doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash with a fully healthy group available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Nantong Zhiyun

Thanks to a completely injury-free group to pick from, the Nantong Zhiyun manager Qi Zhu has no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match.

🔮 Prediction

It’s pretty clear that Nantong Zhiyun will have a difficult task to score against a Shandong Luneng lineup who look likely to win pretty easily here.

We’re therefore predicting a convincing 3-0 win for Shandong Luneng at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 09:17 30/04/2024