National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's BIT or Nanjing City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for BIT and Nanjing City.
BIT form and stats
Action has already taken place for BIT in FA Cup as they have defeated Nanjing City and Changle Jingangtui to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, BIT's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.As mentioned below, BIT are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 League Two games.
BIT are confident in defense, having played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
BIT's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-1 against Nanjing City (in FA Cup).
Before that, BIT had a League Two home game versus Hubei Huachuang which ended with a victory 1-0.BIT are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games.
Nanjing City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated BIT in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. Nanjing's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Still no away game victory in the League One for Nanjing City with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Two away games in a row for Nanjing City, whose boss Cao could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against BIT.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Guangzhou Evergrande in the League One.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nanjing City as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent meetings featuring these opponents have all finished as Nanjing City victories. Another one?The previous head to head match ended BIT - Nanjing City 0-1, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Messi Bouli 4 goals | J. Tavares da Silva 3 goals |  X. Zhang 2 goals |
BIT missing players
Nanjing City missing players
| BIT | Nanjing City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 17 | 39 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 7 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 38% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 55% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BIT | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Qingdao Red Lions | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Dalian Zhixing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Tai'an Tiankuang | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 5 | Nantong Haimen Codion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Hubei Huachuang | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Zibo Qisheng | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 8 | Wuhan Chufeng Heli | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangxi Baoyun | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Sichuan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Nanjing City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Jinan Xingzhou | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Dantong Hantong | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Yanbian Longding | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Shenyang Urban | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Shanghai Jiading | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 15 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -12 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
