Changchun Yatai tops Guangzhou Evergrande 4-1

JINJIANG. Changchun Yatai had a comfortable win over Guangzhou Evergrande.

By
Mark Hall
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Changchun Yatai tops Guangzhou Evergrande 4-1

JINJIANG. Changchun Yatai had a straightforward win over Guangzhou Evergrande. Changchun Yatai scored with Jinxian Wang (9′), Changcheng Cheng (56′) and Long Tan (78′). On the other side, Dinghao Yan (25′) scored for Guangzhou Evergrande.

The match was played at the Jinjiang Sports Center stadium in Jinjiang on Tuesday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Li Ma who was helped by Chao Tang and Chengjun Hu. The 4th official was Peng Gao. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 59.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Guangzhou Evergrande

1 - 4

Team 1

Changchun Yatai

  • 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
  • 9 Total 11
  • 3 On Target 6
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 102 Attack 110
  • 38 Dangerous attack 67
  • 81 Ball safe 75
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 7
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 10 Total 13
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Changchun Yatai had a strong ball possession 55% while Guangzhou Evergrande was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Changchun Yatai was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Changchun Yatai won the match.​

Guangzhou Evergrande shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Changchun Yatai shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Guangzhou Evergrande didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Changchun Yatai received 1 yellow card (Zhiyu Yan).

Match Timeline

9'
Jinxian Wang(goal)
25'
56'
Changcheng Cheng(goal)Yiran He
Jiaheng Li(own-goal)
62'
67'
Chengjian Liao- sub ->Jie Sun
67'
Shilong Wang- sub ->Zili Zhang
68'
Xinjie He- sub ->Bin Xu
73'
76'
Chao Fan- sub ->Changcheng Cheng
76'
76'
Zhiyu Yan- Yellow
78'
Tan Long(goal)
86'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Wuhan Three Towns
78
34
Shandong Taishan
78
34
Chengdu Rongcheng
65
34
Hangzhou
62
33
Shanghai Port
62
33
Beijing Guoan
58
33
Henan Songshan Longmen
56
33
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
49
33
Meizhou Hakka
49
34
Shanghai Shenhua
47
34
Dalian Pro
45
34
Changchun Yatai
44
34
Cangzhou
44
34
Shenzhen
30
33
Guangzhou R&F
23
34
Wuhan Yangtze
19
34
Guangzhou Evergrande
17
34
Hebei CFFC
-3
34

After playing this match, Guangzhou Evergrande will stay with 17 points to hold in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Changchun Yatai will have 44 points like Shanghai Shenhua to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande will play away with Meizhou Hakka on the 31st of December with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Meizhou Hakka (0 draws).

Changchun Yatai will play away agasint Shanghai SIPG on the 31st of December with a 9-3 head to head record in favor of Shanghai SIPG (3 draws).

Guangzhou Evergrande – Formation

Guangzhou Evergrande
G
S. Huo 32.China PR
5.6
D
Yang Li 6.China
6.3
D
Afrden Asqer 22.China
6.4
D
Z. Zhang 14.China PR
6.1
68'
M
Liyu Yang 17.China
5.9
M
Yan Dinghao 15.China
7.2
Goals25'
M
B. Xu 41.China PR
7.3
73'
M
Shihao Wei 7.China
6.8
F
Kaiyuan Tan 40.China
7.1
90'
F
J. Li 23.China PR
6.2
67' Goals62'
Substitutes
G
J. Zhang 42.China PR
D
S. Wang 20.China PR
6.7
68'
D
R. Chen 38.China PR
M
H. Yang 78.China PR
6.4
67'
M
X. He 24.China PR
6.8
73'
M
J. Li 66.China PR

Guangzhou Evergrande started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Zhi Zheng decided to play with the following team: Huo Shenping (5.6), Zhang Zili (6.1), Li Yang (6.3), Langzhou Liu (6.3), Afrden Asqer (6.4), Liyu Yang (5.9), Dinghao Yan (7.2), Xu Bin (7.3), Shihao Wei (6.8), Jiaheng Li (6.2) and Kaiyuan Tan (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Shilong Wang (6.7), Hao Yang (6.4), Rijin Chen, Jihao Zhang, Xinjie He (6.8), Dachi Zhang and Li Jiahao.

Substitutions

Guangzhou Evergrande made 4 changes: Jiaheng Li for Hao Yang (67′), Zili Zhang for Shilong Wang (68′), Bin Xu for Xinjie He (73′) and Kaiyuan Tan for Dachi Zhang (90′).

Best player: Xu Bin​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Guangzhou Evergrande was Xu Bin.

His rating is (7.3) with 37 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Changchun Yatai – Formation

Changchun Yatai
G
Ning Lu 38.China
6.4
D
Guan He 6.China
7.2
D
Zhiyu Yan 24.China
6.4
76'
D
Yiran He 34.China
7.1
D
Jie Sun 5.China
7.3
67'
D
Weihui Rao 31.China
7.0
86'
M
Qi Cui 21.China
6.4
M
Jinxian Wang 8.China
7.1
Goals9'
M
Yufeng Zhang 20.China
6.8
76'
F
Changcheng Cheng 13.China
7.4
76' Goals56'
F
Tan Long 29.China
7.3
Goals78'
Substitutes
G
Yake Wu 23.China
G
W. Liu 1.China PR
D
K. Mao 39.China PR
D
H. Wang 25.China PR
86'
D
Chengjian Liao 19.China
6.3
67'
M
Dilümüt Tudi 15.China
6.8
76'
F
Chao Fan 36.China
6.6
76'

Changchun Yatai started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Yang Chen played with: Ning Lu (6.4), Zhiyu Yan (6.4), Jie Sun (7.3), Guan He (7.2), He Yiran (7.1), Weihui Rao (7.0), Cui Qi (6.4), Zhang Yufeng (6.7), Jinxian Wang (7.1), Long Tan (7.3) and Changcheng Cheng (7.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kaiyu Mao, Dilyimit Tudi (6.2), Yake Wu, Weiguo Liu, Chao Fan (6.8), Wang Huapeng and Liao Chengjian (6.3).

Substitutions

Changchun Yatai made 4 changes: Jie Sun for Chengjian Liao (67′), Changcheng Cheng for Chao Fan (77′), Yufeng Zhang for Dilümüt Tudi (77′) and Weihui Rao for Huapeng Wang (86′).

Best player: Long Tan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Changchun Yatai was Long Tan.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 31 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​