National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tai'an Tiankuang or Sichuan that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tai'an Tiankuang and Sichuan.
Tai'an Tiankuang form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for Tiankuang, as the manager Liu led his troops to eliminate Sichuan and Ningxia Renfangzhong, and reach the 2nd Round.Two League Two home games so far for Tai'an Tiankuang, who are yet to win here at Weinan Sports Center Stadium. Only 2 points so far.
Stress levels are on the rise for Tai'an Tiankuang's attacking players as they have now played 183 minutes without scoring in a league game. Shuai was their last goal scorer.
Tiankuang's previous game was also a home event, the loss 2-3 vs Sichuan (in FA Cup).
In the match before that, Tai'an Tiankuang hosted Dalian Zhixing and drew the League Two game 0-0.Tai'an Tiankuang has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Sichuan form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Tai'an Tiankuang in order to reach 2nd round of FA Cup. Sichuan's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Two away games in a row for Sichuan, whose manager Rodríguez could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Tai'an Tiankuang.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Suzhou Dongwu.The attacking power of Sichuan when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Sichuan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ortiz Mendoza 4 goals | E. García Martín 2 goals |  S. Ma 1 goals |
Tai'an Tiankuang missing players
Sichuan missing players
| Tai'an Tiankuang | Sichuan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 86% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 57% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 38% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 19% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 14% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 43% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 32% | ||
| 33% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 38% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6.9 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 44% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BIT | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Qingdao Red Lions | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Dalian Zhixing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Tai'an Tiankuang | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 5 | Nantong Haimen Codion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Hubei Huachuang | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Zibo Qisheng | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 8 | Wuhan Chufeng Heli | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -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 | Guangxi Baoyun | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Sichuan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Nanjing City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Shijiazhuang Kungfu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Jinan Xingzhou | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Dantong Hantong | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Yanbian Longding | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Shenyang Urban | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Shanghai Jiading | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
| 15 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -12 | 2 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
