National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Guangzhou Evergrande or Henan Jianye that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Henan Jianye played their last game only four days ago, a Super League match.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
Evergrande participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Guangzhou Evergrande have to build on here at Dalian University Stadium in the Super League. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. There’s a good atmosphere here at Dalian University Stadium after three straight home wins.
A strong away win for Evergrande against Shandong Luneng the last match, as Paulinho and Elkeson were on target. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Shenzhen.
Everyone expects Guangzhou Evergrande to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 18 games: 13 home wins, four draws and one defeat. Evergrande have won with at least two goals margin nine times in similar situations.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Evergrande as they have a new game in only three days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Henan Jianye are visiting.
The Evergrande fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Guangzhou Evergrande have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Henan Jianye form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Henan Jianye playing as the away team in the Super League this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Jianye who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Shanghai Shenhua was the last time a defeat was avoided. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Yang, the Henan Jianye manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Henan Jianye in their previous game, as they lost their Super League-match, hosting Shenzhen, 1-3. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Guangzhou R&F's place.
The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 16 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with six wins, one draw and nine defeats. three games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Jianye has another fixture away, a Super League game, against Guangzhou Evergrande in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Henan Jianye are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). The Jianye manager J. Yang has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Evergrande-Henan Jianye H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Guangzhou Evergrande nine wins, Henan Jianye zero wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Bezzera Maciel Júnior 19 goals |  S. Wei 11 goals |  A. Souza Conceição 11 goals |
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 300 | 176 | Total Shots | T S | 109 | 242 | ||
| 118 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 78 | ||
| 36% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Shenzhen | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 14 |
| 6 | Dalian Professional | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -13 | 11 |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 6 |