A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Shanghai SIPG and Dalian Professional know what's at stake in this second leg of the FA Cup Quarter-finals clash.
Shanghai SIPG and Dalian Professional should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dalian Professional, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
Last season, Shanghai SIPG's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.6-1-0 is the performance here at Dalian University Stadium so far in the Super League, giving Shanghai SIPG a total of 19 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! This match is a FA Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Ever since the Changchun Yatai game Shanghai has been unbeatable here at Dalian University Stadium producing five straight wins.
Shanghai enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dalian Professional's place. The match ended 3-0.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Shaanxi Chang'an.Goals decide football matches and Shanghai SIPG are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Shanghai SIPG have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Dalian Professional form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Dalian Professional have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-0-6 (7 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. With the Dalian Professional losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Dalian Professional might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Shanghai SIPG proved too strong as Professional slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Dalian Sports Center.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Tianjin Teda.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dalian Professional have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. Professional have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Shanghai and Dalian Professional have duelled previously this season: Dalian Professional - Shanghai SIPG 0-3. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: seven wins for Shanghai SIPG, two draws and one win for Dalian Professional. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  W. Lü 6 goals |   L. Lin 5 goals | R. Lopes Pereira 4 goals |
Shanghai SIPG missing players
Dalian Professional missing players
| Shanghai SIPG | Dalian Professional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 17 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 8% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shanghai SIPG | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 28 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Beijing Guoan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Shanghai Shenhua | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Wuhan Zall | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 7 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -18 | 9 |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -17 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)