Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Xinjiang Tianshan & Zibo Sunday face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Xinjiang Tianshan form and stats
Last season, Xinjiang Tianshan's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.All in all it has been a very rough period for Xinjiang who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 16 attempts. Their previous win was against Zibo Sunday, 112 days ago.
The spoils were shared in Xinjiang's previous game, also at home. Visiting Shenyang Urban travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
A League One defeat was the result before that one, 0-6 away at Chengdu Qianbao.Zibo Sunday form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.There were no winners in Zibo Sunday's previous match, a League One home game that ended 0-0 vs Chengdu Qianbao.
Before that, Sunday travelled to Suzhou Dongwu and returned home with a draw after the League One game finished 1-1.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Xinjiang wins - draws - Zibo Sunday wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Xinjiang Tianshan missing players
Zibo Sunday missing players
| Xinjiang Tianshan | Zibo Sunday | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | ||
| 58 | 31 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 44% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 42% | ||
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