Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nantong Zhiyun & Qingdao Hainiu face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There have been limited time to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a Super League game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Wuhan Three Towns.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Last season, Nantong Zhiyun's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Nantong Zhiyun's struggle is real here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium with only 10 points collected from 11 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-5.
No payout for Nantong in their previous match, an away game at Wuhan Three Towns that ended in defeat 2-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Nantong Zhiyun, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Wuhan Three Towns. Fun stuff to watch! Puclin (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Puclin scored two goals and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Shenzhen and winning 1-0.Nantong aren't scoring a lot here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the league, with only {9 goals} from 11 games. On the other hand, Nantong Zhiyun have conceded 16 goals.
Qingdao Hainiu form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Qingdao Hainiu so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-9 (win-draw-lose).
The Qingdao Hainiu goalkeeper Jun Liu is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 230 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Qingdao won their last game, 1-0 versus Changchun Yatai played at home. Junshuai was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Junshuai scored one goal and won 8 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that match was the Super League away draw versus Hangzhou that ended 0-0.The attacking power of Qingdao Hainiu when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. 17 goals have been conceded by Qingdao in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Nantong Zhiyun one win, two draws and Qingdao Hainiu zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Castillo Álvarez 7 goals |   F. Brown Forbes 7 goals |  R. Baldé 4 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Qingdao Hainiu missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Qingdao Hainiu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 7 | 27 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 28% | ||
| 13.4 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 29 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Taishan | 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 Hainiu | 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)
