Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Guangzhou R&F & Chengdu Qianbao 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.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Guangzhou R&F have to build on here at Hengli Soccer Town #9 Soccerpitch in the Super League.
Guangzhou R&F shared the glory with Henan Jianye in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Guilherme felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Henan Jianye as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 36th minute. Midfielder Zhizhao Chen was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Chen served one assist, hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 48 total).
Ahead of that match, Guangzhou lost 1-3 at home to Shandong Luneng.The Guangzhou R&F manager J. van Gastel has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Guangzhou R&F with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
Chengdu Qianbao form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Home advantage was not enough for Chengdu in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Heilongjiang Lava Spring, 0-2.
Before that, Chengdu travelled to Shaanxi Chang'an and returned home with a draw after the League One game finished 0-0.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Liu 11 goals | L. da Silva 10 goals | F. de Sousa Silva 7 goals |
Guangzhou R&F missing players
Chengdu Qianbao missing players
| Guangzhou R&F | Chengdu Qianbao | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Scored | S | 25 | 54 | ||
| 35 | 25 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 62% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 30 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 10 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | -28 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)