National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yanbian Longding or Cangzhou Mighty Lions that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Yanbian Longding form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st preliminary round.Yanbian Longding drew their last game, 0-0 away at Dantong Hantong.
Preceding that match was the home League Two game against Jinan Xingzhou that was lost 1-4.Cangzhou Mighty Lions form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Hangzhou for a 3-3 draw. As you can tell from the result, the match against Hangzhou was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Kanté, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.41. Kanté scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Shanghai SIPG's place.Cangzhou Mighty Lions has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 14 games.
Head 2 Head
Yanbian Longding missing players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions missing players
| Yanbian Longding | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 25 | 32 | ||
| 18 | 14 | Conceded | C | 28 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 38% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 48% | ||
| 25% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 24% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 24% | ||
| 31% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 48% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 13.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 41 | 62 |
| 2 | Wuhan Three Towns | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 48 | 59 |
| 3 | Shanghai SIPG | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 49 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 43 |
| 5 | Henan Jianye | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 43 |
| 6 | Beijing Guoan | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Chengdu Qianbao | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | Shanghai Shenhua | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | Meizhou Hakka | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
| 10 | Tianjin Teda | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Changchun Yatai | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Dalian Yifang | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 13 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Shenzhen | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -21 | 27 |
| 15 | Wuhan Zall | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -23 | 18 |
| 16 | Guangzhou R&F | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -27 | 15 |
| 17 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 18 | Hebei CFFC | 25 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 43 | -70 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)