DUJIANGYAN. Chengdu Rongcheng managed to turn the tables against Shanghai Shenhua. Chengdu Rongcheng was surely superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Dujiangyan Sports Center Stadium stadium in Dujiangyan on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Li Ma with the support of Dexin Wang and Changliang Guan. The 4th official was Peng Gao. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 18 Total 4
- 10 On Target 2
- 8 Off Target 2
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 142 Attack 59
- 58 Dangerous attack 12
- 89 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 1
Fouls
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Chengdu Rongcheng had a strong ball possession 70% while Shanghai Shenhua was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Chengdu Rongcheng had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chengdu Rongcheng won the match.
Chengdu Rongcheng shot 18 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Shanghai Shenhua shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Chengdu Rongcheng received 3 yellow cards (Saldanha, J. Gou and Gan Chao). On the other side, Shanghai Shenhua received 1 yellow card (J. Wen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Chengdu Rongcheng will have 42 points like Hangzhou and Shanghai Shenhua to soar in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Shanghai Shenhua will stay with 42 points like Hangzhou and Chengdu Rongcheng to move up in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Chengdu Rongcheng will host Shandong Luneng on the 21st of November with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Shandong Luneng (0 draws).
Shanghai Shenhua will play away agasint Tianjin Teda on the 21st of November with a 13-7 head to head statistic in favor of Shanghai Shenhua (13 draws).
Chengdu Rongcheng – Formation
Chengdu Rongcheng started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Jung-Won Seo decided to play with the following team: Yan Zhang
, Tao Liu , Richard Windbichler , Ruibao Hu , Xin Tang , Tim Chow , Chao Gan , Min-woo Kim , Rômulo , Matheus Saldanha and Mutellip Iminqari .The home team had on the bench: Gou Junchen
, Han Xuan, Meng Junjie, Guanghui Han, Junlin Min, Guichao Wu, Xing Yu, Hu Hetao , Xiang Baixu, Gan Rui, Jing Hu and Wang Hanlin.Substitutions
Chengdu Rongcheng made 2 changes: R. Hu for J. Gou (55′) and M. Iminqari for H. Hu (55′).
Best player: Rômulo
The player that probably impressed the most for Chengdu Rongcheng was Rômulo even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 70 passes (81% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.Shanghai Shenhua – Formation
Shanghai Shenhua started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Jingui Wu played with: Zhen Ma
, Lu Zhang , Shenglong Jiang , Yangyang Jin , Jiabao Wen , Hanchao Yu , Xi Wu , Alexander N’Doumbou , Haijian Wang , Zhou Junchen and Xu Yang .They had on the bench: Sheng Qin, Zhen Cong, Aidi Fulang Xisi, Cheng Zeng, Jiajun Bai
, Xiaoting Feng , Jianrong Zhu , Longhai He, Shilin Sun, ZeXiang Yang, Baojie Zhu and Denny Wang Yi.Substitutions
Shanghai Shenhua made 5 changes: J. Wen for Bai Jiajun (46′), Zhou Junchen for Zhu Baojie (46′), Jiang Shenglong for Feng Xiaoting (54′), Yang Xu for Zhu Jianrong (72′) and Zhang Lu for He Longhai (84′).
Best player: Xu Yang
The most impressive player for Shanghai Shenhua was Xu Yang.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 21 passes (47% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 18.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Chengdu Rongcheng – Shanghai Shenhua – 3-2
- Shandong Luneng – Hebei CFFC – 4-0
- Guangzhou R&F – Meizhou Hakka – 0-1
- Changchun Yatai – Tianjin Teda – 2-3