Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dalian Professional & Henan Jianye face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Henan Jianye have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 Professional form and stats
Last season, Professional's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Dalian Professional's struggle is real here at Jinzhou Stadium with only 9 points collected from 9 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-6-2.
Dalian Professional lost their last game at Chengdu Qianbao after a 1-4 scoreline. Midfield player Tsonev got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Tsonev served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Changchun Yatai that ended 0-0.The manager Xie will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Meizhou Hakka in only four days.
Dalian Professional have scored {8 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Jianye was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round last season.Henan Jianye have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Henan Jianye delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Nantong Zhiyun in their previous game. Attacker Čović got a player rating of 7.53 in the game. "Man of the match" Čović hit one key pass.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Qingdao Jonoon wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shenzhen in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Henan Jianye as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Jianye have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Henan Jianye have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Dalian Professional.Top Goalscorers
  N. Čović 8 goals |  B. Feng 2 goals |  T. Pina Isla 1 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Dalian Professional | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Scored | S | 16 | 25 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 12.6 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 14 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | -30 | 12 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
