Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hangzhou & BIT face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for BIT when visiting Hangzhou as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Hangzhou form and stats
Last season, Hangzhou's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.In general it's been a long time since Hangzhou tasted defeat here at Hengli Soccer Town #9 Soccerpitch, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
The Hangzhou supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host BIT in League One and win 3-0. What a game it was for N. Mushekwi when beating BIT, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
1-1 away at Heilongjiang Lava Spring before that.BIT form and stats
BIT was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round last season.There might be some fixture complaints from BIT as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League One match against Hangzhou (0-3).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Nantong Zhiyun.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Hangzhou wins - draws - BIT wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Hangzhou missing players
BIT missing players
| Hangzhou | BIT | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 11 | 19 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 32 | 62 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 68% | 74% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 58% | ||
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)