Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sichuan & Hangzhou face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This promises to be an intriguing match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Sichuan form and stats
Action has already taken place for Sichuan in FA Cup as they have defeated Tai'an Tiankuang to reach the 3rd Round. Sichuan participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Sichuan have collected 10 points from their League One home games so far after 3-1-1.
Sichuan drew their last game, also a home match. Guangxi Baoyun was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Yanbian Longding (0-1).Sichuan have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Sichuan have conceded 6 goals.
Hangzhou form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the finals.2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hangzhou in their Super League matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Henan Jianye in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. It looked so good for Hangzhou vs Henan Jianye, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. The attacker Kouassi got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Kouassi scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Shenzhen.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hangzhou have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. Hangzhou have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sichuan one win, one draw and Hangzhou zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ortiz Mendoza 4 goals | E. García Martín 3 goals | K. Xiao 1 goals |
Sichuan missing players
Hangzhou missing players
| Sichuan | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 45 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8.6 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 14.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangxi Baoyun | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Nanjing City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Jinan Xingzhou | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Yanbian Longding | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Hebei Kungfu | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Dantong Hantong | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -16 | 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Shandong Luneng | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Dalian Professional | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
