National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shanghai Shenhua or Hangzhou that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Shanghai Shenhua participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.18 points is a decent return from 9 Super League games here at Shanghai Stadium for Shanghai Shenhua. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Shanghai Shenhua travelled for their previous game, a trip to Changchun Yatai that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Wu made a successful contribution in the game against Changchun Yatai, bringing on Jiang who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. The attacker Teixeira won the honour of being "man of the match" for Shanghai with a rating of 7.63/10. Teixeira served one assist and hit four key passes.
Previous to that game, a Super League home match hosting Meizhou Hakka in a game that was won 2-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Shanghai Shenhua, as the Super League home game vs Shanghai SIPG is only four days away.
The Shanghai fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Shanghai Shenhua have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hangzhou form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the finals.2 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Hangzhou playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Hangzhou are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Shandong Luneng. Zhang came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Shandong Luneng last time out, making the manager Martori feel like a tactical genius. The attacker Mushekwi got a match rating of 7.64 in that game. Mushekwi scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Hangzhou secured a home win against Tianjin Teda with the score 2-1.The schedule is very tough for Hangzhou now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Chengdu Qianbao is waiting in only four days.
Hangzhou find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hangzhou have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai Shenhua-Hangzhou H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Shanghai Shenhua three wins, Hangzhou four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 6 goals |  H. Yu 5 goals |  S. Jiang 3 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Hangzhou missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 41 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 13.2 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 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 | Changchun Yatai | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 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 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 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 Professional | 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)
