📊 Form Guide

Qingdao Hainiu

LLWDDL

Qingdao Hainiu will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 2-0 Super League losing effort in their last game against Shanghai Shenhua.

In that game, Qingdao Hainiu managed 44% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Shanghai Shenhua had 21 shots on goal with 8 on target. Teixeira (46') and Makhtar Gueye (52') scored for Shanghai Shenhua.

Qingdao Hainiu have found it difficult to unlock defences of late. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 versus opposition teams over their previous six matches. In those meetings, Qingdao Hainiu have also seen the number of goals against them come to 9.

Shandong Luneng

WLLWDW

Shandong Luneng come into this encounter following on from a 1-2 Super League win in the defeat of Tianjin Jinmen Tiger in their previous game.

In that match, Shandong Luneng managed 53% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Tianjin Jinmen Tiger got 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Quiles (13') scored for Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.

Looking at their form, and Shandong Luneng have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals overall. In defence, Shandong Luneng have not been doing too well. Such a trend might not be carried forward into this match, though.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 28/05/2023 shows that Qingdao Hainiu have won 0 of these games & Shandong Luneng 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 from Qingdao H and 10 belonging to Taishan Dui. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league clash featuring the two was Super League match day 25 on 20/09/2025 when it ended Qingdao Hainiu 2-2 Shandong Luneng.

On that day, Qingdao Hainiu managed 51% possession and 19 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Augusto (90').

Shandong Luneng had 14 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Crysan (45') scored.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Qingdao Hainiu may find it difficult to put one past this Shandong Luneng side who we reckon should score at least once to gain the upper hand.

That’s why we have predicted a good battle with a 0-1 winning score for Shandong Luneng after 90 minutes.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 08:04 26/04/2026