National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Beijing Guoan or Shandong Taishan that keep their silverware dream alive.
Beijing Guoan and Shandong Taishan 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.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
Beijing Guoan participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Beijing Guoan are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Workers' Stadium. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
Beijing enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright's place. The match ended 5-1 with Kang, Zhang and Abreu (2) scoring. As mentioned above, Beijing Guoan "killed" Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The striker Abreu was declared "man of the match" for Beijing with the rating of 8.71/10. Abreu scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Beijing Guoan had a Super League home game versus Shanghai Shenhua which ended with a victory 2-1.Goals decide football matches and Beijing are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 12 league matches.
Shandong Taishan form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Shandong Taishan, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Shenzhen last time out. The end of the last match, against Shenzhen, was very satisfying as Cryzan scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Li got a match rating of 8.2 in that game, top player of the team. Li served one assist, hit five key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 48 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.Shandong Taishan have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Shandong have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Shandong Taishan have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) versus Beijing Guoan.Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 10 goals |  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 9 goals |   S. Kang 7 goals |
Beijing Guoan missing players
Shandong Taishan missing players
| Beijing Guoan | Shandong Taishan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 26 | 56 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 15.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 43% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 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 |
