A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Sichuan and Henan Jianye know what's at stake in this second leg of the FA Cup Quarter-finals clash.
Sichuan and Henan Jianye 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.
Sichuan form and stats
Sichuan was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the FA Cup.On the other hand, in the FA Cup, Sichuan has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Dalian University Stadium.
Sichuan shared the glory with Henan Jianye in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Before that match, a FA Cup win away at Chengdu Qianbao.Henan Jianye form and stats
Jianye was sent out of FA Cup in the 1st round last season.Henan Jianye have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-3-3 (7 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
There were no winners in Jianye's previous match, a FA Cup home game that ended 1-1 vs Sichuan.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 8 goals have been conceded by Jianye in these games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other before in this season, with the match result Henan Jianye - Sichuan 1-1 logged in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  J. da Silva Dourado 5 goals |   Q. Wang 4 goals | K. Xiao 4 goals |
Sichuan missing players
Henan Jianye missing players
| Sichuan | Henan Jianye | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 48% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shandong Luneng | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 30 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 10 |
| 8 | Qingdao Hainiu | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | -28 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)