Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dongguan United & Shandong Luneng face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Dongguan United form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Dongguan, as the manager Wang led his troops to eliminate Dalian Zhixing, and reach the 3rd Round. Dongguan United participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st preliminary round.The story so far in the League One for Dongguan United at their home stadium (Zhuhai Sports Center Stadium) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Dongguan United drew their last game, also a home match. Suzhou Dongwu was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Preceding that match was the home League One game against Guangzhou Evergrande that was lost 1-2.Dongguan United are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Sichuan awaits in four days.
Dongguan aren't scoring a lot here at Zhuhai Sports Center Stadium in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. Dongguan United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Zhuhai Sports Center Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the finals.Shandong Luneng have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-5-2 (8 played).
There were no winners in Shandong Luneng's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Chengdu Qianbao.
A 1-1 draw at Wuhan Three Towns's stadium before that.As mentioned earlier, Shandong will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 13 wins (11 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Shandong Luneng have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Shandong in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 4 goals |  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 4 goals |   K. Onuegbu 2 goals |
Dongguan United missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Dongguan United | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Scored | S | 21 | 52 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 56% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6.9 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 15.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 39% | ||
| 7.1 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangxi Baoyun | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Nanjing City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Jinan Xingzhou | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Yanbian Longding | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Hebei Kungfu | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Dantong Hantong | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -16 | 3 |
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Shandong Luneng | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Dalian Yifang | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
