Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chongqing Tongliang Long & Shanghai Shenhua face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Chongqing nor Shanghai Shenhua as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Chongqing Tongliang Long form and stats
The Chongqing Tongliang Long regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host BIT and win 5-0. As mentioned above, Chongqing "killed" BIT in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that match, a League Two win away at Wuhan Chufeng Heli.Chongqing Tongliang Long are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Qingdao Red Lions awaits in four days.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.As the visiting team in Super League matches, Shanghai Shenhua have produced an overall stat of 6-2-4 so far.
Shanghai played 1-1 against Chengdu Qianbao in their previous match. Jiang, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.2. Jiang scored one goal and won 5 of 9 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Beijing Guoan before that.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Shanghai Shenhua have scored 14 goals in 12 league games away. 13 goals have been conceded by Shanghai in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 9 goals |   Y. Xiang 7 goals | J. Chen 6 goals |
Chongqing Tongliang Long missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Chongqing Tongliang Long | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 56 | 27 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 90% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 90% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 65% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 25% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 50% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 10% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 53% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 3.5 | 2.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shanghai SIPG | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 29 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 44 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 30 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -4 | 28 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Pro | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -39 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
