Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Wuhan Three Towns & Tianjin Teda face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Wuhan Three Towns and Tianjin Teda.
Wuhan Three Towns form and stats
Wuhan Three Towns have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Dantong Hantong. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium as Wuhan Three Towns have scored 50 goals to get 31 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 10-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Wuhan against Dalian Yifang the last match, as Marcão (2) were on target. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Marcão, having bagged a goal in three games in a row. The forward Marcão bettered all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 8.43 out of 10. Marcão scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Shandong Luneng that ended 1-1.With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Wuhan Three Towns is on fire here. A stunning 50 from 15 league matches. Wuhan Three Towns have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Tianjin Teda form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Zhenjiang Huasa in order to reach 3rd round of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W7-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
It's the second away game in a row for Tianjin, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Wuhan Zall last time out. Zhao got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, top player of the team. Zhao signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 53 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Henan Jianye in the Super League.Tianjin Teda find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Tianjin Teda have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Amaral Alves 27 goals |  D. da Luz Pereira 17 goals |  A. Braga Bispo Junior 11 goals |
Wuhan Three Towns missing players
Tianjin Teda missing players
| Wuhan Three Towns | Tianjin Teda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 68 | 37 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 24 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 58% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 17.4 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wuhan Three Towns | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 59 | 72 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 46 | 69 |
| 3 | Hangzhou | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 59 |
| 4 | Shanghai SIPG | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 56 |
| 5 | Chengdu Qianbao | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Henan Jianye | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 52 |
| 8 | Tianjin Teda | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Dalian Yifang | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 42 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 30 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -29 | 30 |
| 15 | Guangzhou R&F | 31 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -33 | 17 |
| 17 | Wuhan Zall | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 31 | -34 | 16 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 31 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 47 | -87 | -3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
