National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Qingdao Youth Island or Cangzhou Mighty Lions that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Qingdao Youth Island form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Qingdao Youth Island, as the manager Zhou led his troops to eliminate Yichun Grand Tiger, and reach the 3rd Round. Qingdao Youth Island participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The story so far in the League One for Qingdao Youth Island at their home stadium (Qingdao Tiantai Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Zhou led his Qingdao Youth Island to a defeat away at Jinan Xingzhou. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium.
Before that, Qingdao had a League One home game versus Shenyang Urban which ended with a victory 3-1.The Qingdao Youth Island fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Qingdao Youth Island have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Shanghai Shenhua drew the shortest straw.2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cangzhou Mighty Lions playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Cangzhou play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Meizhou Hakka. Attacker Locadia got a player rating of 8.3 in the game. "Man of the match" Locadia scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
The game before that, in the Super League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Shanghai Shenhua.Cangzhou Mighty Lions are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Santana de Vasconcelos 4 goals |   O. Taty Maritu 4 goals |  J. Locadia 4 goals |
Qingdao Youth Island missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Qingdao Youth Island | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 27 | 39 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 58% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.4 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 45% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 39% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 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 | Guangxi Baoyun | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Nanjing City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Jinan Xingzhou | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Yanbian Longding | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Hebei Kungfu | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Dantong Hantong | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -16 | 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 Rongcheng | 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 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 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)
