Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hangzhou & Guangzhou R&F face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Guangzhou R&F have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Little time to rest for the team playing at home, as they were involved in a Super League fixture only four days back. This match was also played here at Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Guangzhou R&F have had more rest.
Hangzhou form and stats
Hangzhou have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Dalian Yifang. Hangzhou was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.Hangzhou have performed here at Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium this season with 9 wins from 15 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Hangzhou, who played 1-1 against Chengdu Rongcheng. That match was also played at this venue (Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium). Leung, defender, was given a rating of 7.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Leung scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 1 of 3 duels.
Ahead of that match, Hangzhou won a home game hosting Meizhou Hakka (2-0).A decent goal production from Hangzhou in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Hangzhou have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Guangzhou R&F form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Xi'an Ronghai in order to reach 3rd round of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.There's been little loot from Guangzhou R&F's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 16 away games in the Super League. Guangzhou R&F only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 3 draws.
Guangzhou R&F played 1-1 against Shanghai Shenhua in their previous match. Midfield player Guilherme was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.93/10. Guilherme scored one goal and had 57 successful passes (of 64 total).
Ahead of that match was the Super League away draw versus Guangzhou Evergrande that ended 0-0.The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Guangzhou R&F's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 26 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hangzhou three wins, zero draws and Guangzhou R&F seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Song 3 goals |  H. Gui 3 goals |  G. Costa Marques 3 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Guangzhou R&F missing players
| Hangzhou | Guangzhou R&F | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.9 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 11.2 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 59 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 46 | 69 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 56 |
| 5 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 42 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -29 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 31 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -33 | 17 |
| 17 | Wuhan Zall | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 31 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -87 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
