National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shandong Luneng or Zibo Sunday that keep their silverware dream alive.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Super League game only two days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Guangzhou Evergrande.
Shandong Luneng form and stats
Action has already taken place for Shandong in FA Cup as they have defeated Qingdao Jonoon to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Shandong Luneng'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 37 points won from 14 matches; 12 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Shandong enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Guangzhou Evergrande's place. The match ended 4-2 with Fellaini, Jin and Moisés (2) scoring. A goal frenzy last time out for Shandong Luneng, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Guangzhou Evergrande. Fun stuff to watch! Moisés (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.4/10. Moisés scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
1-1 away at Wuhan Three Towns before that.Goals are plentiful at Jinjiang Sports Center in the league this season as Shandong has scored 38 goals here in 14 home games. Shandong Luneng have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zibo Sunday form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Shanghai Jiading and Shenzhen in order to reach 3rd round of FA Cup. Sunday was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round last season.There's been little loot from Zibo Sunday's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 17 away games in the League One. Zibo Sunday only have 5 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 1 draw.
Home advantage was not enough for Zibo Sunday in their previous game as they lost hosting Zhenjiang Huasa, 0-1.
A loss against Jiangxi Liansheng was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.The attacking power of Zibo Sunday when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Sunday have conceded 31 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos 21 goals | ![]() M. Lima Magalhães 12 goals | ![]() S. Ji 9 goals |
Shandong Luneng missing players
Zibo Sunday missing players
| Shandong Luneng | Zibo Sunday | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 65 | 30 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 16.2 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | ||
| 50% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 46% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 59 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 46 | 69 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 56 |
| 5 | Chengdu Qianbao | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 42 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 13 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -29 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 31 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -33 | 17 |
| 17 | Wuhan Zall | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 31 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -87 | -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 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 80 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 61 | 89 |
| 2 | Qingdao Jonoon | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 77 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 53 | 76 |
| 3 | Nantong Zhiyun | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 40 | 70 |
| 4 | Hebei Kungfu | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 66 |
| 5 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 23 | 56 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 55 |
| 7 | Sichuan | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 51 |
| 8 | Nanjing City | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 50 |
| 9 | Qingdao Youth Island | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 48 |
| 10 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 0 | 40 |
| 11 | Guangxi Baoyun | 34 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -6 | 35 |
| 12 | Shenyang Urban | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 53 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -19 | 35 |
| 13 | Shanghai Jiading | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 38 | 65 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 35 | -27 | 34 |
| 14 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | -11 | 33 |
| 15 | Zibo Sunday | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 31 | -16 | 33 |
| 16 | Beijing BG | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 33 | -35 | 24 |
| 17 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 31 | 83 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 44 | -52 | 21 |
| 18 | BIT | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 77 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 37 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 40 | -59 | 10 |
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