Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Chengdu Rongcheng & Meizhou Hakka 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
Action has already taken place for Rongcheng in FA Cup as they have defeated Hebei CFFC to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Chengdu Rongcheng's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Chengdu Rongcheng have played 14 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-7-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Shuangliu Sports Centre after drawing with Hangzhou on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Rômulo, who usually features in attack, was the champion player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). Rômulo scored one goal and hit two key passes.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Super League home game that ended 0-0 versus Shanghai SIPG.Chengdu Rongcheng have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Shuangliu Sports Centre with 26 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Rongcheng have conceded only 13 goals.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hebei Kungfu in order to reach 3rd round of FA Cup. Meizhou Hakka was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd preliminary round last season.5-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Meizhou Hakka in their Super League matches away.
The attacking players of Meizhou Hakka have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 202 minutes.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Shanghai SIPG with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Meizhou were so close to getting something from the game against Shanghai SIPG, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Defender Junjie was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Junjie won 3 of 5 duels.
Prior to that match, the Meizhou Hakka manager Ristić faced defeat when travelling to Hangzhou and losing 0-2.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meizhou Hakka as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. Meizhou have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chengdu Rongcheng have won or drawn the last 5 games (3-2-0) against Meizhou Hakka.Top Goalscorers
  A. Vukanović 9 goals |  R. Santana da Silva 5 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Meizhou Hakka missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Meizhou Hakka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 12.3 | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 59 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 46 | 69 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 56 |
| 5 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 42 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -29 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 31 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -33 | 17 |
| 17 | Wuhan Zall | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 31 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -87 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
