Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Henan Jianye & Chongqing Dangdai Lifan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This could be an engaging game with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
It's quite the trip for Chongqing Dangdai Lifan when visiting Jianye as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Action has already taken place for Jianye in FA Cup as they have defeated Meixian Qiuxiang to reach the 2nd Round. Jianye was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.The complete Super League statistics playing at home this season for Henan Jianye are 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Jianye in their previous game, a FA Cup match away at Meixian Qiuxiang that ended with a 5-1 victory. As mentioned above, Henan Jianye "killed" Meixian Qiuxiang in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that, Jianye drew at home versus Guangzhou R&F.Jianye has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Jianye have conceded only 6 goals.
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Wuhan Three Towns in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. Chongqing was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chongqing Dangdai Lifan so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-6 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Chongqing have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Shijiazhuang Ever Bright game.
Chongqing go into this game after a win, the home game against Wuhan Three Towns that ended 2-0.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Shenzhen wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The attacking power of Chongqing Dangdai Lifan when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. The Chongqing Dangdai Lifan manager W. Chang has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Jianye, two draws and four wins for Chongqing Dangdai Lifan. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  J. da Silva Dourado 5 goals |   X. Huang 3 goals |  C. Yin 3 goals |
Henan Jianye missing players
Chongqing Dangdai Lifan missing players
| Henan Jianye | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 13 | 35 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 24 | 42 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 30 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 10 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | -28 | 7 |