Shandong Luneng 3-1 Qingdao Jonoon: result and AI prediction
Shandong Luneng – Qingdao Jonoon, Super League, Friday, August 14, 2026 at 12:35 PM (GMT). Venue: Jinan Olympic Sports Center
Shandong Luneng is #5 in the table (30 pts) and Qingdao Jonoon #16 (14 pts). 11 places separate the two teams in the table. Qingdao Jonoon has not won any of its last 5 matches. Last 6 head-to-head meetings: Shandong Luneng 2, draws 3, Qingdao Jonoon 1. Their last meeting, on April 26, 2026, ended Qingdao Jonoon 4-1 Shandong Luneng.
AI confidence: Medium
AI match recap
Shandong Luneng enter with stronger home form, a higher league position and a visiting opponent stuck in a damaging losing sequence. Qingdao Jonoon’s away defending has been the central problem, and Shandong have the home attacking output to force sustained pressure. However, this fixture has recently produced open, mutually threatening matches, including Qingdao’s emphatic win earlier in the campaign. The hosts have the clearer platform, but their rest defence must be sharper than it was in that reverse fixture.
Head-to-head analysis
This has been a more competitive fixture than the table gap suggests: the past four league meetings all featured goals for both sides, and Qingdao won the reverse fixture decisively. Shandong have also enjoyed home success in the longer recent series, so the head-to-head points to openness rather than a one-sided pattern.
Injuries and absences
No confirmed absences are listed for either team in the available pre-match information. That makes final line-up choices, rather than forced replacements, the main availability variable.
Form (last 5)
Shandong Luneng vs Qingdao Jonoon stats
| Shandong Luneng | Qingdao Jonoon | |
|---|---|---|
| Played | 22 | 22 |
| Goals scored | 39 | 30 |
| Goals conceded | 37 | 41 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 2 |
Last meetings
- 2026-04-26Qingdao Jonoon 4-1 Shandong Luneng
- 2025-09-20Qingdao Jonoon 2-2 Shandong Luneng
- 2025-05-01Shandong Luneng 1-1 Qingdao Jonoon
- 2024-07-13Shandong Luneng 1-1 Qingdao Jonoon
- 2024-04-05Qingdao Jonoon 0-1 Shandong Luneng
- 2023-09-15Shandong Luneng 4-2 Qingdao Jonoon

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