Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dalian Professional & Hangzhou face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Hangzhou, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Dalian Professional and Hangzhou should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Shanghai SIPG.The story so far in the Super League for Dalian Professional at their home stadium (Dalian Sports Center) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
The spoils were shared in Dalian Professional's previous game, also at home. Visiting Guangzhou Evergrande travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The versatile forward Lobi outdid all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.24 out of 10. Lobi served one assist and hit one key pass.
In the game before, an away victory in the Super League match versus Shenzhen with a 2-0 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Professional as they are travelling to their away game against Cangzhou Mighty Lions in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Dalian Professional has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Dalian Professional have conceded 22 in these home matches.
Hangzhou form and stats
Hangzhou was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round last season.The visitors are W5-D7-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Hangzhou's last game was the home draw against Cangzhou Mighty Lions (3-3). As you can tell from the result, the match against Cangzhou Mighty Lions was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Andrijašević got a match rating of 8.64 in that game, top player of the team. Andrijašević scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Guangzhou Evergrande at their stadium, the result 5-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Hangzhou are hosting Shanghai SIPG in the Super League only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Hangzhou's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 14 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Hangzhou in these games.
Head 2 Head
Hangzhou have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (2-4-0) when facing Dalian Professional.Top Goalscorers
  G. Sun 1 goals |   F. Andrijašević 1 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Hangzhou missing players
| Dalian Professional | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 33 | 22 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 Qianbao | 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 Professional | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 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 Yangtze | 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)
