Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hubei Huachuang & Guangzhou Evergrande face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Hubei Huachuang nor Guangzhou Evergrande as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hubei Huachuang form and stats
Huachuang have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Guangzhou Evergrande and Changzhou Lanzhiyi. Hubei Huachuang was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the FA Cup.Hubei Huachuang have less points than they have played home games in the League Two so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw against Guangzhou Evergrande in the FA Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.
A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at BIT.At Tazi Lake Sports Centre, Hubei Huachuang has the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Guangzhou Evergrande form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hubei Huachuang in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. Guangzhou Evergrande was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round last season.No League One points yet away for Guangzhou Evergrande, from their first 3 matches.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Hubei Huachuang in their previous outing. The FA Cup battle ended 0-0.
A 2-3 defeat away at Nanjing City before that.The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Liu 1 goals |  H. Fei 1 goals | S. Mao 1 goals |
Hubei Huachuang missing players
Guangzhou Evergrande missing players
| Hubei Huachuang | Guangzhou Evergrande | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 26 | 6 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 51 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 61% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 39% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 43% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 22% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 43% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 2.2 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 50% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BIT | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Qingdao Red Lions | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Dalian Zhixing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Tai'an Tiankuang | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 5 | Nantong Haimen Codion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Hubei Huachuang | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Zibo Qisheng | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 8 | Wuhan Chufeng Heli | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Sichuan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Nanjing City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Jinan Xingzhou | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Dantong Hantong | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Yanbian Longding | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Shenyang Urban | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Shanghai Jiading | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 15 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -12 | 2 |
