Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hunan Xiangtao & Henan Jianye face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an animated match!
Hunan Xiangtao form and stats
Hunan Xiangtao have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Baotou Nanjiao and Shanghai Jiading. Hunan Xiangtao participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st preliminary round.When playing at home in the League Two, Hunan Xiangtao have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
Xiangtao shared the glory with Yichun Grand Tiger in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Previous to that game, a League Two home match hosting Hainan Star in a game that was won 1-0.Hunan Xiangtao has scored {3 goals-1} so far and conceded {3 goals-2} from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Henan Jianye form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Henan Jianye in their Super League matches away.
Henan Jianye delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Hangzhou in their previous game. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Hangzhou. Henan Jianye were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Čović scoring the equalizer. Čović has found the net for this side five matches in a row. The capability! Midfielder Pina was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Pina scored one goal and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Meizhou Hakka.The attacking power of Jianye when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Henan Jianye have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Hunan Xiangtao-Henan Jianye H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Hunan Xiangtao zero wins, Henan Jianye one win, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  N. Čović 6 goals |   Z. Jiang 3 goals | B. Feng 2 goals |
Hunan Xiangtao missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Hunan Xiangtao | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 26 | 37 | ||
| 55 | 34 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 20% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 53% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| 6.7 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Chongqing Tongliang Long | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Yunnan Yukun | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Guangxi Lanhang | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Yichun Grand Tiger | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 11 |
| 5 | Hainan Star | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 6 | Hunan Xiangtao | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 7 | Quanzhou Yassin | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 8 | Shangyu Pterosaur | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 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 | 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 Professional | 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)
