National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nanjing City or Shanghai SIPG that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Nanjing City form and stats
Nanjing have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Qingdao Youth Island. Nanjing City was eliminated in the 3rd preliminary round last season in the FA Cup.The story so far in the League One for Nanjing City at their home stadium (Jiangning Sports Center) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 211 minutes.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Hebei Kungfu last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that match, a League One win away at Shanghai Jiading.There will be little rest for Nanjing after this match as they are travelling to Shaanxi Chang'an for a League One game in only three days.
The Nanjing City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Nanjing's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the finals.As the visiting team in Super League matches, Shanghai SIPG have produced an overall stat of 6-2-3 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Shanghai SIPG goalkeeper Junling Yan is eager to challenge this, with his 219 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Shanghai SIPG play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Shenzhen. Shanghai delivered their win in the match against Shenzhen already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance! Wang, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Wang scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Cangzhou Mighty Lions.As mentioned earlier, Shanghai SIPG will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 5 wins (4 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Shanghai SIPG have another fixture that requires travelling in just four nights, a Super League match versus Hangzhou. A difficult fixture list for the visiting team!
Shanghai are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Messi Bouli 15 goals |   L. Wu 8 goals |  W. Lü 7 goals |
Nanjing City missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Nanjing City | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 45% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 56 | 77 |
| 2 | Nantong Zhiyun | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 46 | 70 |
| 3 | Qingdao Jonoon | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 43 | 65 |
| 4 | Hebei Kungfu | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 57 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 23 | 56 |
| 6 | Sichuan | 29 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 50 |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 42 |
| 8 | Nanjing City | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Qingdao Youth Island | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 27 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | Zibo Sunday | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -11 | 36 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -9 | 32 |
| 13 | Guangxi Baoyun | 29 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 28 |
| 14 | Shenyang Urban | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -20 | 28 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 57 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 33 | -29 | 25 |
| 16 | Beijing BG | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 31 | -29 | 23 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 29 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 27 | 63 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 37 | -36 | 21 |
| 18 | BIT | 29 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 39 | -57 | 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 | Shandong Luneng | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 41 | 62 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 48 | 59 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 49 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 43 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 43 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | Shanghai Shenhua | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Dalian Professional | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
| 15 | Wuhan Yangtze | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -23 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 25 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 43 | -70 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
