Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chengdu Rongcheng & Hebei CFFC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Chengdu Rongcheng form and stats
Chengdu Rongcheng was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the FA Cup.3 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Chengdu Rongcheng have to build on here at Shuangliu Sports Centre in the Super League.
Chengdu Rongcheng's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Shanghai Shenhua. The home side are looking to build on that result. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Seo when Junchen scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute. Rômulo, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top player for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 8.8 (out of 10). Rômulo served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 70 total).
In the match before that, Chengdu Rongcheng hosted Changchun Yatai and drew the Super League game 2-2.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Chengdu Rongcheng have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 13 games found in the database showing 8 Rongcheng wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A decent goal production from Chengdu Rongcheng in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Hebei CFFC form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Playing away, Hebei CFFC have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 14 defeats in the Super League this season.
Hebei CFFC have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 443 minutes ago. Wei was the goal scorer.
Two away games in a row for Hebei, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Shandong Luneng. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Shandong Luneng was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Tianjin Teda's place.Nobody expects Hebei CFFC to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 12 times before, with the overall statistics of won 0, draw 0 and lost 12. When defeated, 8 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Goals are few and far between in Hebei CFFC's away league games. Only {5 goals} from 14 travels. There are big problems for the Hebei CFFC defense as they have conceded 43 goals in 14 away games.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings involving these contenders: Rongcheng won two, Hebei CFFC were winners in zero and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. Romulo likes to face Hebei CFFC and have scored 3 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Zhang 6 goals |   R. Pacheco da Silva 1 goals | F. de Sousa Silva 1 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Hebei CFFC missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Hebei CFFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 14 | 24 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 43 | 82 | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 64% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.1 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 32% | ||
| 8.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 18.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shandong Luneng | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 41 | 62 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 48 | 59 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 49 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 43 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 43 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | Shanghai Shenhua | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Dalian Yifang | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -23 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 25 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 43 | -70 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
