Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hainan Star & Jiangxi Liansheng face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Jiangxi Liansheng played their last game only three days ago, a League One match.
Hainan Star form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Hainan Star, as the manager Takahata led his troops to eliminate Xi'an Ronghai, and reach the 2nd Round.Hainan Star's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Quanzhou Yassin. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the game before, 1-1 away to Xi'an Ronghai (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) (FA Cup).
Jiangxi Liansheng form and stats
Jiangxi Liansheng's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.It's not happening yet for Jiangxi Liansheng on their League One travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Liansheng had fun at their own home (Pennant Hills Park) last time out, beating Dantong Hantong 1-0.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Jinan Xingzhou's place.The schedule is very tough for Jiangxi Liansheng now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Nanjing City is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Jiangxi Liansheng has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Piao 2 goals |  B. Hurman 1 goals | M. Mijit 1 goals |
Hainan Star missing players
Jiangxi Liansheng missing players
| Hainan Star | Jiangxi Liansheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 15% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 55% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 15% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 16% | ||
| 30% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 44% | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 29% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 7.6 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Sichuan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Nanjing City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Jinan Xingzhou | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Dantong Hantong | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Yanbian Longding | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Shenyang Urban | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Shanghai Jiading | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 15 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -12 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
