Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dalian Pro & Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 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.
Dalian Pro form and stats
Dalian Pro participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The story so far in the Super League for Dalian Pro at their home stadium (Jinzhou Stadium) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 201 minutes without scoring a league goal. Lin was the last player to find the net.
Dalian are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Hangzhou. Midfielder Wu was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Wu hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Henan Jianye with the scoreline 0-3.On the other hand, Dalian Pro have conceded 14 goals.
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Tianjin won their last game, 3-1 versus Meizhou Hakka played at home. Berić, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.14. Berić scored two goals, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Shandong Luneng before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tianjin Jinmen Tiger as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Dalian Pro, one draw and five wins for Tianjin Jinmen Tiger. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Berič 7 goals |   C. Manzoki 6 goals | L. Lin 5 goals |
Dalian Pro missing players
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger missing players
| Dalian Pro | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 12.2 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shanghai SIPG | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 29 | 53 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 44 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Wuhan Three Towns | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 24 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Changchun Yatai | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 30 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -4 | 28 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Qingdao Jonoon | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 19 |
| 15 | Dalian Pro | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | -39 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
