Surging teams Shandong Luneng Taishan FC (4-9-5, 17 points) and Hangzhou Greentown FC (5-9-4, 19 points) are scheduled to meet in a round 19 match in the 2016 Chinese Super League season this Wednesday, July 20 at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium.

Shandong Luneng is currently on a three-game undefeated run after recovering from their 10-game winless slide and a head coaching change for the Jinan residents. With their unbeaten streak, they were able to climb out of the bottom two relegation area and are now settled at the 14th spot of the league table, just two points above the demotion zone.

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Taishan Dui is coming off a 1-1 draw with Liaoning Whowin FC on the road at the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium last Saturday, Ghana Soccernet reported.

The game marked the debut of one of the six highest-paid professional footballers in the world today, Italian striker Graziano Pellè, who was just acquired by Shandong on July 11 from English club Southampton FC for a transfer fee of £12 million.

He signed a £13.5 million per season deal with Luneng and is now tied with Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimović at fifth place in the world's highest paid football players list.

However, it was his fellow import Walter Montillo who scored the equalizing goal at the stroke of halftime to preserve head coach Felix Magath's current undefeated run after Liaoning midfielder Jin Taiyan netted the opening goal at the 36th.

Meanwhile, Hangzhou Greentown is also on a roll, being undefeated in their last four assignments.

The Green Giants settled to a goalless draw with Shijiazhuang Ever Bright at the Jinhua Sports Center on Sunday to snap their three-game winning run, as per Soccerway.

Hangzhou is a spot and two points above Shandong in the overall standings, at 13th place, as manager Hong Myung-bo will try to extend their unbeaten streak this week.

The predicted result is a 2-0 win for Shandong Luneng.

Shandong Luneng starting lineup (3-5-1-1 formation): Wang; Jucilei, Gil, Zhang; Qi, Liu, Li, Hao, Wu; Montillo; Pellè

Hangzhou Greentown starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Zou; Ge, Spiranovic, Chen X., Cao; Gabionetta, Chen Z., Huang, Feng; Tan, Ramon 

TagsChina Football, Chinese Super League, Chinese Super League 2016, Shandong Luneng Taishan FC, Hangzhou Greentown FC