National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Qingdao Youth Island or Beijing Guoan that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Qingdao nor Beijing Guoan 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.
Qingdao Youth Island form and stats
Last season, Qingdao Youth Island's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Qingdao Youth Island have performed here at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium this season with 4 wins from 7 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Qingdao Youth Island travelled for their previous game, a trip to Yanbian Longding that ended 2-2.
Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Guangzhou Evergrande.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Jiangxi Liansheng are coming to town in four days.
The Qingdao fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
Beijing Guoan's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Beijing Guoan go into this game after a win, the home game against Qingdao Jonoon that ended 2-0. Zhang was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender Zhang won 5 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Wuhan Three Towns in the Super League.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Beijing manager Ribeiro as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Shandong Luneng.
Beijing Guoan have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As for defending, Beijing Guoan rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Wang 7 goals |  J. Ramírez Velásquez 5 goals |
Qingdao Youth Island missing players
Beijing Guoan missing players
| Qingdao Youth Island | Beijing Guoan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 20 | 46 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.9 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 46% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Hebei Kungfu | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Sichuan | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Qingdao Youth Island | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Nanjing City | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Jinan Xingzhou | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Suzhou Dongwu | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Yanbian Longding | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Dantong Hantong | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Dongguan United | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -11 | 11 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -14 | 9 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -24 | 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 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 14 |
| 15 | Dalian Professional | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | -30 | 12 |
