Bring on the final! Hangzhou and Shandong Luneng are so close to winning the FA Cup trophy, only the 90+ minutes in this cup final needs to be conquered. Get ready for the big match!
It's quite the trip for Shandong Luneng when visiting Hangzhou as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
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.
Hangzhou form and stats
Hangzhou was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.34 points is a decent return from 16 Super League games here at Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium for Hangzhou. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.
The home fans witnessed a 0-0 draw versus Shanghai SIPG in the FA Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Before that, a fine away victory at Jinan Xingzhou. A FA Cup match.
A decent goal production from Hangzhou in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 16 league matches. Hangzhou have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong was sent out of FA Cup in the finals last season.Playing away, Shandong Luneng have won 10 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Super League this season.
Shandong Luneng have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dalei Wang. It's been 181 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.
Two travels in a row for Shandong Luneng, whose boss Hao could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Shanghai Shenhua.
Earlier, the FA Cup victory away at Wuhan Three Towns.
Shandong Luneng have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 35 goals from 17 away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Shandong in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hangzhou-Shandong Luneng H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hangzhou three wins, Shandong Luneng seven wins, zero draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 25 goals |  M. Lima Magalhães 13 goals |
Hangzhou missing players
Shandong Luneng missing players
| Hangzhou | Shandong Luneng | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 25 | 69 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15.3 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 15.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 57% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 63 | 78 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 87 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 58 | 78 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 65 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 33 | 62 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 62 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 58 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 56 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 49 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 47 |
| 11 | Dalian Yifang | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 45 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 44 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 31 | -4 | 44 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 33 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 71 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 39 | -42 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 32 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 26 | -30 | 23 |
| 16 | Wuhan Zall | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 34 | 71 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 38 | -37 | 19 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 63 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 32 | -39 | 17 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 34 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 115 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 61 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 54 | -97 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
