The league table is allowed to rest as Shandong Luneng and Henan Jianye battle for FA Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
Shandong Luneng and Henan Jianye should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the finals.This stadium, Dalian University Stadium, has been a fortress for Shandong Luneng in the Super League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-1-0. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Shandong Luneng. In general it's been a long time since Shandong Luneng tasted defeat here at Dalian University Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
It's back home for Shandong, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Wuhan Zall away with the result 1-0.
Before that, Shandong had a FA Cup home game versus Wuhan Zall which ended with a victory 2-0.The manager W. Hao will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Henan Jianye in only four days.
Shandong can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. From these home matches, Shandong have conceded only 4 goals.
Henan Jianye form and stats
Jianye's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Henan Jianye so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sichuan in their previous outing. The FA Cup match ended in a draw 0-0.
A draw for Jianye before that, at their own venue hosting Sichuan (1-1).The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shandong Luneng in just four days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Jianye have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shandong six wins, two draws and Henan Jianye two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 9 goals |  T. Guo 8 goals |   J. da Silva Dourado 5 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 54 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 30 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 10 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | -28 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)