Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Yunnan Yukun & Shanghai Shenhua face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both sides have had sufficient rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an active game!
Yunnan Yukun form and stats
Yunnan Yukun have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Guangxi Baoyun and Qingdao May Wind.Yunnan Yukun have collected 12 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-0-0.
In their previous game, the manager Niu led his Yunnan to a defeat away at Hainan Star. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade du Plateau.
Previous to that game, a League Two home match hosting Yichun Grand Tiger in a game that was won 2-0.Yunnan Yukun are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Hunan Xiangtao awaits in four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Yunnan is on fire here. A stunning 13 from 4 league matches.
Shanghai Shenhua form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Shanghai Shenhua have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
243 minutes! That's how long the Shanghai Shenhua goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Shanghai play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Qingdao Jonoon. Bao (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.03. Bao topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cangzhou Mighty Lions at their stadium, the result 1-0.Shanghai Shenhua have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Shanghai Shenhua are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Han 6 goals |   C. Malele 5 goals | H. Zhong 3 goals |
Yunnan Yukun missing players
Shanghai Shenhua missing players
| Yunnan Yukun | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 9 | 5 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 37 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 11% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 44% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 3.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8.4 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 58% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chongqing Tongliang Long | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Yunnan Yukun | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Guangxi Lanhang | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Yichun Grand Tiger | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 11 |
| 5 | Hainan Star | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 6 | Hunan Xiangtao | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 7 | Quanzhou Yassin | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 8 | Shangyu Pterosaur | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 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 | Shanghai SIPG | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Shanghai Shenhua | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Tianjin Teda | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Shandong Luneng | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Wuhan Three Towns | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Hangzhou | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 11 | Henan Jianye | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Shenzhen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Meizhou Hakka | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Nantong Zhiyun | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Qingdao Jonoon | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Dalian Professional | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
