Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nantong Zhiyun & Wuhan Three Towns face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Super League.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Last season, Nantong Zhiyun's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The story so far in the Super League for Nantong Zhiyun at their home stadium (Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The home team returns to Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium after drawing with Henan Jianye on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The striker Castillo outperformed all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.83 out of 10. Castillo scored one goal.
Before that, Nantong Zhiyun drew at home versus Shandong Luneng.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Nantong, as the Super League home game vs Shijiazhuang Ever Bright is only three days away.
Nantong Zhiyun aren't scoring a lot here at Rugao Olympic Sports Center Stadium in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. On the other hand, Nantong have conceded 13 goals.
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
Wuhan Three Towns's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Shandong Luneng.The visitors are W4-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
The club members enjoyed Wuhan Three Towns's previous fixture versus Meizhou Hakka, a 2-1 win played at home. Stanciu got a match rating of 9.41 in that game, top player of the team. Stanciu hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Beijing Guoan.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Qingdao Jonoon in just four days.
Wuhan are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. 11 goals have been conceded by Wuhan Three Towns in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Nantong Zhiyun victories, zero draws and three Wuhan Three Towns wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. Tao likes to face Nantong Zhiyun and have scored 3 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Yakubu 9 goals |   R. Castillo Álvarez 6 goals |  A. Braga Bispo Junior 4 goals |
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
| Nantong Zhiyun | Wuhan Three Towns | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 27 | 40 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.4 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 31% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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)
