Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Meizhou Hakka & Shandong Luneng face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Shandong Luneng have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Meizhou Hakka and Shandong Luneng should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Last season, Meizhou Hakka's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Meizhou Hakka so far this season.
Meizhou Hakka lost their last game at Wuhan Three Towns after a 1-2 scoreline. Guo had a busy but productive day in the Wuhan Three Towns match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Dugalić was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Dugalić scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Shanghai Shenhua (1-2).The match schedule is unforgiving for Meizhou as they have a new game in only three days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Dalian Yifang are visiting.
The Meizhou Hakka fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Meizhou have conceded 12 from these games.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the finals.Playing away, Shandong Luneng have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season.
There were no winners in Shandong Luneng's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Chengdu Qianbao.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Hangzhou wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.After this away game Shandong Luneng return home for a Super League game against Beijing Guoan. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Shandong Luneng are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Shandong in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous four meetings): Meizhou Hakka won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Shandong Luneng have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zero.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 7 goals |  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 5 goals |  P. Chen 5 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 25 | 46 | ||
| 39 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8.7 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 14.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 13.6 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Wuhan Three Towns | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | Changchun Yatai | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 14 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | -30 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
