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
- 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
Standings
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 started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Zhi Zheng decided to play with the following team: Huo Shenping
, Zhang Zili , Li Yang , Langzhou Liu , Afrden Asqer , Liyu Yang , Dinghao Yan , Xu Bin , Shihao Wei , Jiaheng Li and Kaiyuan Tan .The home team had on the bench: Shilong Wang
, Hao Yang , Rijin Chen, Jihao Zhang, Xinjie He , 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
with 37 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.Changchun Yatai – Formation

Changchun Yatai started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Yang Chen played with: Ning Lu
, Zhiyu Yan , Jie Sun , Guan He , He Yiran , Weihui Rao , Cui Qi , Zhang Yufeng , Jinxian Wang , Long Tan and Changcheng Cheng .The following players were sitting on the bench: Kaiyu Mao, Dilyimit Tudi
, Yake Wu, Weiguo Liu, Chao Fan , Wang Huapeng and Liao Chengjian .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
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.
- Guangzhou Evergrande – Changchun Yatai – 1-4
- Chengdu Rongcheng – Wuhan Yangtze – 3-1
- Beijing Guoan – Shanghai SIPG – 0-3
- Wuhan Three Towns – Hangzhou – 2-0
- Henan Jianye – Shanghai Shenhua – 1-1
- Shenzhen – Guangzhou R&F – 0-3