Shandong Luneng – Hebei Prediction & Picks (15.08.2018)

Shandong Luneng and Hebei CFFC meet at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, in a match for the 18th round of the CSL. Shandong Luneng won out (1-2) the last time they met in this league edition, on 03-17-2018. The history of recent direct matches is favorable to the home team, which records 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 5 matches. In this game the home factor may be decisive, as the Shandong Luneng presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Shandong Luneng:

After 10 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, the home team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 35 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Chongqing Lifan by (0-2), after in the previous match they have tied (1-1) an away match against Beijing Guoan. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss at their stadium. For the league, Shandong Luneng won 16 points out of 21 possible points, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 7 home matches.

For this competition, he has not lost 12 games. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 7 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, as 23 of the last 26 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 17 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 8 times, but got the comeback in 5.

Shandong Luneng is a club that has already won the Super League title four times, the last time in 2010, in addition to having won five FA Cup titles and one Super Cup of China. Shandong Luneng is currently in the second place in the Chinese Super League in 2018, one point behind Beijing Guoan. When analyzing the last four results of Shandong Luneng in his stadium, we verified that he won three matches and tied one, being that in all these games they were always scored in the first half of the game, which shows that Shandong Luneng usually plays in a Open from the beginning of the game, providing games with goals in the first half.

Hebei CFFC:

After 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, the away team is currently in the 11 th position of the league, with 21 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Guizhou Zhicheng, by (1-0), after in the previous match they have lost at home, in a match against Tianjin Teda, by (1-2). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 26 goals scored and 33 conceded; against 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 20 goals scored and 18 conceded. For the league, Hebei CFFC won 9 points out of 24 possible points, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 8 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 9 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 17 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Hebei CFFC is a club that never won the title of the Chinese Super League. His best performance was in 2015, when he was runner-up in the Chinese Super League. The Hebei is currently in the eleventh position of the table of the Chinese Super League in 2018, this bad classification is especially due to the results away from home, since in eight games in the condition of visitor managed three draws, three defeats and only two victories. When analyzing the last five Hebei games away from home, we verified that three had at least one goal in the first half. It is important to note that two of these games had at least three goals in the first half, which shows that Hebei likes to play openly from the start of the game.