Shandong Luneng Hebei CFFC betting prediction

The away team comes to this 2nd leg match in disadvantage, since despite the 1st leg draw they have conceded 2 goals at home. 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 5 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses in away matches, with 17 goals scored and 37 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 30 goals scored and 26 conceded. In the last 8 away league matches Hebei CFFC has a record of 3 wins and 5 losses, so they have won 9 points out of 24 possible. In their away league matches, the most frequent final score was the 3‑1 (3 out of 8 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away mathes there is a tendency for goals, since 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 13 of the last 17 matches for the CSL, they have reached half‑time in front in 8 of those 13 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 7 of them. In 17 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 10 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Hebei were one of the best surprises of the regular phase in the Chinese Super League and go to this second leg of the semi-finals of the play-offs with their main goal (of maintenance) achieved. In the quarter-finals, the team led by Xie Feng failed to cope with the superiority of the defending champion Guangzhou Evergrande (with whom they lost, in both legs, 1-8). In the first leg of the semi-finals, Hebei drew 2-2 against Shandong Luneng, in a game where they missed a two-goal advantage, obtained in the first half of the match, through the goals scored by Buya Turay (15 ') and Ding Haifeng (28'). In the second half, Hebei had more difficulties to have the ball and be dangerous, eventually allowing Shadong Luneng to recover and draw.

Confirmed Lineup: Yaxiong Bao, Hang Ren, Zhang Junzhe, Samir Memisevic, Ximing Pan, Hongbo Yin, Qiuming Wang, Haifeng Ding, Paulinho, Ricardo Goulart, Mohamed Buya Turay.
Coach: J. Kim.