📏 Form Guide

Shandong Luneng

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Shandong Luneng will be wanting a better result here following the 6-1 Super League defeat last time out to Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

In that game, Shandong Luneng managed 27% possession and 4 shots on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Beijing Guoan had 23 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Serginho (47'), Yuning Zhang (76') and Zhang Xizhe (90') scored for Beijing Sinobo Guoan.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Shandong Luneng have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Shandong Luneng have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 14 goals along the way.

Shanghai Shenhua

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Shanghai Shenhua come into this encounter following on from a 2-0 Super League win over Wuhan Three Towns in their previous match.

In that match, Shanghai Shenhua managed 54% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Shanghai Shenhua, goals were scored by João Teixeira (21') and André Luís (49'). On the other side, Wuhan Three Towns got 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Demonstrating their partiality to eventful encounters, goals have been scored 22 times in the prior six matches in which Shanghai Shenhua have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 3.67 goals per clash. Their opponents have managed 7 of those goals. Nonetheless, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern will be sustained in this match or not.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings going back to 11/01/2023 tells us that Shandong Luneng have won 2 of them and Shanghai Shenhua 4, with the number of drawn games being 0.

A combined sum of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 for Taishan Dui and 11 for Flower of Shanghai. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league game featuring these sides was Super League match day 18 on 06/07/2024 when it finished Shanghai Shenhua 6-0 Shandong Luneng.

That day, Shanghai Shenhua had 67% possession and 20 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Cephas Malele (11', 18', 63'), André Luís (51') and Yu Hanchao (83').

At the other end, Shandong Luneng had 4 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

🔮 Prediction

It’s looking like Shanghai Shenhua and Shandong Luneng are both more than capable of scoring here.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square with both teams likely to score. That is why we are leaning toward a really entertaining tussle with a 2-2 scoreline by the conclusion of the match.

Andre Moura, 11:06 26/04/2025