Chengdu Rongcheng welcomes Shanghai SIPG to this second leg of the FA Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
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
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Chengdu Rongcheng are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. 9 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 17 games.
The club members are hoping that Rongcheng will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away defeat in the FA Cup fixture against Shanghai SIPG.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Dalian Yifang.A decent goal production from Chengdu Rongcheng in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 17 league matches. Rongcheng are not conceding a lot of goals here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 17 matches.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Shanghai SIPG goalkeeper Junling Yan is eager to challenge this, with his 409 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The regulars enjoyed Shanghai SIPG's previous fixture versus Chengdu Rongcheng, a FA Cup win (4-0) played at home.
Before that, Shanghai secured a home win against Changchun Yatai with the score 4-0.Shanghai SIPG have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 21 goals have been scored. Shanghai SIPG are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head game ended Shanghai SIPG - Rongcheng 4-0, played this season. Chengdu Rongcheng-Shanghai SIPG H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Chengdu Rongcheng zero wins, Shanghai SIPG two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the players to grab the headlines has been Lei with 3 goals scored against Chengdu Rongcheng in these 3 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Wu 11 goals |  P. Ndiaye 9 goals |  W. Lü 8 goals |
Chengdu Rongcheng missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Chengdu Rongcheng | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 32 | Scored | S | 20 | 51 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 13.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 63 | 78 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 87 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 58 | 78 |
| 3 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 65 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 33 | 62 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 62 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 58 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 56 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 49 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 47 |
| 11 | Dalian Yifang | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 45 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 44 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 31 | -4 | 44 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 33 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 71 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 39 | -42 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 32 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 26 | -30 | 23 |
| 16 | Wuhan Zall | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 34 | 71 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 38 | -37 | 19 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 63 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 32 | -39 | 17 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 34 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 115 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 61 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 54 | -97 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
