The league table is allowed to rest as Shanghai Shenhua and Cangzhou Mighty Lions battle for FA Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
It's quite the trip for Cangzhou Mighty Lions when visiting Shanghai as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League. That game was also an away game, at Guangzhou R&F. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Shanghai SIPG.8-4-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Shanghai Shenhua so far this season.
A nice win for Shanghai Shenhua last time playing, versus Shenzhen. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Jin and Yi scoring for the victors. Yi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Yi scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
Before that, Shanghai played out a Super League draw 1-1 when visiting Henan Jianye.Shanghai Shenhua are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup match at Cangzhou Mighty Lions awaits in three days.
Shanghai are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 17 games. From these home matches, Shanghai Shenhua have conceded only 15 goals.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Cangzhou Mighty Lions, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Guangzhou R&F last time out. Attacker Jing got a player rating of 9.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Jing scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Hebei CFFC.A new game in only three days for Cangzhou, the FA Cup home match versus Shanghai Shenhua. Busy days.
In the opposite end, Cangzhou Mighty Lions have conceded 31 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Shanghai Shenhua wins - draws - Cangzhou Mighty Lions wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Zhu 8 goals |   O. Taty Maritu 6 goals |
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Shanghai Shenhua | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Scored | S | 35 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 62% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 39% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 45% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 13 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 63 | 78 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 87 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 58 | 78 |
| 3 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 65 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 33 | 62 |
| 5 | Shanghai SIPG | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 62 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 58 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 56 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 49 |
| 10 | Shanghai Shenhua | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 47 |
| 11 | Dalian Yifang | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 45 |
| 12 | Changchun Yatai | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 44 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 31 | -4 | 44 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 33 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 71 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 39 | -42 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 32 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 26 | -30 | 23 |
| 16 | Wuhan Zall | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 34 | 71 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 38 | -37 | 19 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 63 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 32 | -39 | 17 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 34 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 115 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 61 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 54 | -97 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
