National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Beijing Guoan or Sichuan that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
Beijing was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the FA Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here as Beijing Guoan have scored 13 goals to get 17 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 5-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Beijing tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
Beijing Guoan's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Shanghai Shenhua. The home side are looking to build on that result. A goal frenzy last time out for Beijing Guoan, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Shanghai Shenhua. Fun stuff to watch! Beijing goalkeeper Sen Hou did an outstanding job against Shanghai Shenhua with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. The striker Yuning Zhang was named "man of the match" for Beijing Guoan with the rating of 8.43/10. Zhang scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match, Beijing won a home game hosting Changchun Yatai (2-1).A decent goal production from Beijing in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Beijing Guoan are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Sichuan form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Sichuan has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Zhenjiang Huasa for a League One game that ended a draw (1-1). As mentioned above, Sichuan drew the match against Zhenjiang Huasa. Manager Y. Li brought on Wang Qi to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus BIT in the League One.Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Beijing Guoan victory, zero draws and one Sichuan win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Zhang 6 goals |  C. Bakambu 5 goals |  X. Zhang 4 goals |
Beijing Guoan missing players
Sichuan missing players
| Beijing Guoan | Sichuan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 46 | 24 | Conceded | C | 14 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 26% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 72% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 28 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -18 | 9 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -17 | 7 |