Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dalian Professional & Tianjin Teda face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Action has already taken place for Professional in FA Cup as they have defeated China PR U20 to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.With 1 Super League win, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Dalian Professional are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Professional with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Tianjin Teda game, 75 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
A nice win for Professional last time playing, versus China PR U20. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.
A Super League defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Changchun Yatai.Professional have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Dalian Professional are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 7 played).
Tianjin Teda form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Beijing BG in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Jiangsu Suning.There's been little loot from Tianjin Teda's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Super League. Tianjin Teda only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Tianjin Teda seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Tianjin Teda are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the Super League.
Tianjin Teda had fun at their own home (Dalian University Stadium) last time out, beating Beijing BG 3-0.
Prior to that match, the Tianjin Teda manager G. Yu faced defeat when travelling to Shanghai SIPG and losing 0-5.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Tianjin's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 7 matches. As opposed to that, Tianjin have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Professional won three games, one match ended in a draw and Tianjin Teda got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  L. Lin 5 goals |  J. Iloki 3 goals | M. Danielsson 2 goals |
Dalian Professional missing players
Tianjin Teda missing players
| Dalian Professional | Tianjin Teda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 6 | 28 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Conceded | C | 12 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 32% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 28 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -18 | 9 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -17 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)