All the facts and stats for the FA Cup clash: Shandong Luneng - Zibo Sunday

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Competition: China PR FA Cup
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 06:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jinjiang Sports Center

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.

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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.

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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

Shandong LunengC. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos
C. da Cruz Queiroz Barcelos
21 goals
Shandong LunengM. Lima Magalhães
M. Lima Magalhães
12 goals
Zibo SundayS. Ji
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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