Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shandong Luneng & Nantong Zhiyun face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both participants have had enough rest since their previous game. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Last season, Shandong's FA Cup journey ended in the finals.Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Shandong Luneng so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. The Shandong Luneng fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Shandong has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
The Shandong supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Shijiazhuang Ever Bright in Super League and win 2-1. Tianyu Guo, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 8.6 (out of 10). Guo scored two goals.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Guangzhou R&F and winning 3-1.Shandong can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Shandong have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nantong Zhiyun form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Nantong are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the League One against Xinjiang Tianshan. It's hard not to mention R. Traoré's lethal finishing against Xinjiang Tianshan. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
A 0-2 defeat away at Wuhan Three Towns before that.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Fellaini-Bakkioui 9 goals |   M. Ruan da Silva Chagas 9 goals | J. Correia 9 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Nantong Zhiyun missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Nantong Zhiyun | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 58 | 27 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.2 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 56% | ||
| 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 |
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