Shanghai Shenhua tops Shenzhen 2-0 on Friday

SIDNEY. Shanghai Shenhua defeats Shenzhen with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Jin (9') and a goal from D. Wang (72').

Shanghai Shenhua tops Shenzhen 2-0 on Friday

SIDNEY. Shanghai Shenhua overcomes Shenzhen with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Jin (9′) and a goal from D. Wang (72′). Shanghai Shenhua capitalized on its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Pennant Hills Park stadium in Sidney on Friday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Shunqi Tang who was helped by Xi Yang and Delin Yang. The 4th official was Zhizhi Zhao. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
  • 23 Total 3
  • 7 On Target 0
  • 16 Off Target 3
  • 6 Shots blocked 0
  • 149 Attack 84
  • 65 Dangerous attack 18
  • 86 Ball safe 88
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 0
Fouls
  • 10 Total 16
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Shanghai Shenhua was in firm control of the ball 56% while Shenzhen was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Shanghai Shenhua was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shanghai Shenhua won the match​.

Shanghai Shenhua shot 23 times, 7 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, Shenzhen shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Shanghai Shenhua didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Shenzhen received 2 yellow cards (Jiaqiang Lu and Yue Xu).

Match Timeline

Yangyang Jin(goal)
9'
42'
Yuan Zhang- sub ->Yuezheng Du
Zexiang Yang- sub ->Longhai He
60'
71'
Hao Fu- sub ->Yue Liu
72'
76'
76'
Jiaqiang Lü- Yellow
Zhu Yue- sub ->Denny Wang
88'
Zhengkai Zhou- sub ->Qinghao Xue
88'
Xu Yougang- sub ->Aidi Fulangxisi
88'
90'

Standings

After playing this match, Shanghai Shenhua will have 47 points to sit in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Shenzhen will stay with 30 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

Shanghai Shenhua – Formation

Shanghai Shenhua
G
Qinghao Xue 31.China
6.8
88'
D
Yangyang Jin 22.China
7.4
76' Goals9'
D
Zhu Chenjie 5.China
7.4
D
Aidi Fulangxisi 32.China
7.4
88'
D
Denny Wang 18.Italy
7.6
88' Goals72'
M
Wang Haijian 33.China
7.4
M
7.3
M
Xinli Peng 25.China
7.1
M
Junchen Zhou 29.China
7.0
F
Longhai He 30.China
6.6
60'
F
Jiang Shenglong 4.China
6.9
Substitutes
G
Zhengkai Zhou 41.China
88'
D
Zhu Yue 35.China
88'
D
Xiaoting Feng 6.China
6.6
76'
M
Zexiang Yang 34.China
6.8
60'
M
Xu Yougang 24.China
88'
F
Fei Ernanduo 48.China

Shanghai Shenhua started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Jingui Wu decided to play with the following team: Xue Qinghao (6.8), Denny Wang Yi (7.6), Yangyang Jin (7.2), Chenjie Zhu (7.4), Aidi Fulang Xisi (7.4), Haijian Wang (7.4), Alexander N’Doumbou (7.3), Xinli Peng (7.1), Zhou Junchen (7.0), Longhai He (6.6) and Shenglong Jiang (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Zhou Zhengkai, Zhu Yue, Xiaoting Feng (6.8), ZeXiang Yang (6.8), Xu Yougang, Qiwen Zhu, Zhou Zhengkai, Qiwen Zhu and Fei Ernanduo.

Substitutions

Shanghai Shenhua made 5 changes: Longhai He for Fan Yang (60′), Yangyang Jin for Xiaoting Feng (77′), Qinghao Xue for Zhengkai Zhou (88′), Aidi Fulangxisi for Xu Yougang (88′) and Denny Wang for Yue Zhu  (89′).

Best player: Denny Wang Yi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Shanghai Shenhua was Denny Wang Yi.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 38 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Shenzhen – Formation

Shenzhen
G
Minzhe Wei 31.China
6.8
D
Yeljan Shinar 2.China
6.9
D
5.6
76'
D
Wentao Lu 35.China
7.0
M
Ruifeng Huang 30.China
6.9
M
Yuan Zhang 14.China
7.1
42'
M
Yue Liu 20.China
6.5
71'
M
Xu Haofeng 13.China
6.1
M
Yue Xu 19.China
7.1
90'
F
Lei Liao 12.China
6.8
46'
F
Yuezheng Du 33.China
6.2
42'
Substitutes
G
Chunyu Dong 24.China
G
Jiabao Ji 32.China
D
Yuan Zhang 11.China
M
H. Fu 17.China PR
6.2
71'

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

Xiaorui Zhang played with: Wei Minzhe (6.8), Lu Jiaqiang (5.6), Wentao Lu (7.0), Yeljan Shinar (6.9), Xu Haofeng (6.1), Huang Ruifeng (6.9), Yuan Zhang (7.1), Yue Xu (7.1), Yue Liu (6.5), Liao Lei (6.8) and Du Yuezheng (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Chunyu Dong, Jiabao Ji, Zhang Yuan, Shahsat Hujahmat (6.4) and Fu Hao (6.2).

Substitutions

Shenzhen made 3 changes: Yuezheng Du for Yuan Zhang (42′), Lei Liao for Hujahmat Shahsat (46′) and Yue Liu for Hao Fu (71′).

Best player: Yue Xu​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Shenzhen was Yue Xu.

His rating is (7.1) with 44 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

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