Bring on the final! Shandong Luneng and Shanghai SIPG are so close to winning the FA Cup trophy, only the 90+ minutes in this cup final needs to be conquered. Get ready for the big match!
These teams have little in common geographically as Shanghai SIPG have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Shandong Luneng participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the finals.This match is a FA Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Shandong drew their last game, 1-1 away at Changchun Yatai. Delgado was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Changchun Yatai after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? ho (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. ho hit two key passes and had 93 successful passes (of 105 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Super League home game that ended 2-2 versus Shanghai SIPG.Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Shanghai was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round last season.Total FA Cup statistics for Shanghai SIPG: 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Shanghai go into this game after a win, the home game against Guangzhou Evergrande that ended 1-0. Li was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.6. The defender Li won 4 of 6 duels.
A 2-2 draw at Shandong Luneng's stadium before that.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shandong four wins, two draws and Shanghai SIPG four 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 10 goals |  T. Guo 10 goals |   W. Lü 7 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 55 | 28 | Scored | S | 24 | 44 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 52% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.3 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 44% | ||
| 6.6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
