Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nantong Haimen Codion & Shenzhen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Nantong Haimen Codion form and stats
Nantong Haimen Codion have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Shenyang Urban and Shanghai Shenshui.Nantong Haimen Codion have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the League Two. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus Tai'an Tiankuang last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Before that match, a League Two win away at Hubei Huachuang.The match schedule is unforgiving for Nantong as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Qingdao Red Lions are visiting.
As for guarding their own goal, Nantong Haimen Codion have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Shenzhen form and stats
Shenzhen's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Shenzhen, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Changchun Yatai. Shenzhen goalkeeper Minzhe had a great day's work against Changchun Yatai, but in spite of registering six saves the loss could not be stopped.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Hangzhou wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.A quick return to home after this game, as Shenzhen are hosting Chengdu Qianbao in the Super League only four days away.
The attacking power of Shenzhen when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Shenzhen's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 14 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Opoku Acheampong 4 goals |   D. Zhang 2 goals | X. Cheng 2 goals |
Nantong Haimen Codion missing players
Shenzhen missing players
| Nantong Haimen Codion | Shenzhen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 18 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 27 | 57 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 17% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 16% | ||
| 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 40% | ||
| 46% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 4% | ||
| 21% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 56% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 50% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.6 | 16 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dalian Zhixing | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Qingdao Red Lions | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | BIT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Nantong Haimen Codion | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Tai'an Tiankuang | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Hubei Huachuang | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 6 |
| 7 | Wuhan Chufeng Heli | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 8 | Zibo Qisheng | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 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 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)
