Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chengdu Qianbao & Sichuan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Chengdu Qianbao form and stats
Chengdu have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Suzhou Dongwu and Guangzhou R&F. Chengdu participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Chengdu manager J. Seo and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Guangzhou R&F in the FA Cup.
Preceding that match was the home League One game against Heilongjiang Lava Spring that was lost 0-2.Sichuan form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nanjing City and Beijing Guoan in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This 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 Beijing Guoan for a FA Cup game that ended a draw (1-1).
Ahead of that match was the League One away draw versus Zhenjiang Huasa that ended 1-1.Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the last two meetings): Chengdu won one game, one match ended in a draw and Sichuan managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  R. Liu 11 goals | L. da Silva 10 goals | F. de Sousa Silva 7 goals |
Chengdu Qianbao missing players
Sichuan missing players
| Chengdu Qianbao | Sichuan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 54 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 20 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 64% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 48% | ||
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