Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tianjin Teda & Shanghai SIPG face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Shanghai SIPG have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 Tianjin and Shanghai SIPG.
Tianjin Teda form and stats
Last season, Tianjin Teda's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.3-5-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Tianjin Teda so far this season.
Tianjin Teda drew their last game, also a home match. Shenzhen was the opponent, 3-3 the score. Late drama in the game against Shenzhen as Tianjin were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Weijun popped out and made it level in the 86th minute. Midfielder Mérida was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.42 (out of ten) in that game. Mérida served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 71 successful passes (of 83 total).
A Super League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Hangzhou.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Tianjin Teda, as the Super League home game vs Changchun Yatai is only four days away.
Tianjin Teda have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at TEDA Football Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Shanghai SIPG form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The away performances of Shanghai SIPG have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Super League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Shanghai SIPG go into this game after a win, the home game against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright that ended 3-0. Lei has found the net for this team three fixtures in a row. The flair! Midfielder Oscar was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.13. Oscar hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 120 successful passes (of 131 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Shenzhen.The schedule is very tough for Shanghai now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Shanghai Shenhua is waiting in only four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Shanghai SIPG's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. Shanghai are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {4 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Tianjin Teda wins - draws - Shanghai SIPG wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Wu 10 goals |   F. Vieira Rosa 5 goals |  O. dos Santos Emboaba Júnior 5 goals |
Tianjin Teda missing players
Shanghai SIPG missing players
| Tianjin Teda | Shanghai SIPG | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 25 | 53 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 15.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 44% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Chengdu Qianbao | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Tianjin Teda | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Changchun Yatai | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Qingdao Jonoon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Meizhou Hakka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Henan Jianye | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Dalian Yifang | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Shenzhen | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -30 | 11 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
