National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Heilongjiang Lava Spring or Nantong Zhiyun that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic game!
Heilongjiang Lava Spring form and stats
Action has already taken place for Heilongjiang in FA Cup as they have defeated Shangyu Pterosaur to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Perfect League One season at home so far for Heilongjiang Lava Spring 2 wins from 2 appearances.
An away draw last time out for Heilongjiang Lava Spring, facing Yanbian Longding in a game that ended 1-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Guangxi Baoyun (0-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Heilongjiang Lava Spring perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Heilongjiang Lava Spring as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Heilongjiang Lava Spring has won 0 of these, drawn 6 and lost 0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Heilongjiang, as the League One home game vs Dantong Hantong is only four days away.
At Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center, Heilongjiang Lava Spring has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
Nantong Zhiyun's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nantong Zhiyun so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Nantong Zhiyun play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Shanghai SIPG. Defender Bressan was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Bressan won 2 of 3 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Qingdao Jonoon in the Super League.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Nantong in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Nantong Zhiyun, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Nantong Zhiyun now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Shanghai Shenhua is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Nantong have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Heilongjiang Lava Spring won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Nantong Zhiyun got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Castillo Álvarez 4 goals |  S. Tang 3 goals | E. da Silva Ferreira 3 goals |
Heilongjiang Lava Spring missing players
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Nantong Zhiyun | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 27 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 44% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 41% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 26% | ||
| 6.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 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 | Guangxi Baoyun | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Nanjing City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Jinan Xingzhou | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Yanbian Longding | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Hebei Kungfu | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Dantong Hantong | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -16 | 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Shandong Luneng | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Dalian Yifang | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
