CHENGDU. Chengdu Rongcheng was after all too good for Dalian Professional with the goal of Tim Chow (21′), Tim Chow (59′) and Mutellip Iminqari (86′). Chengdu Rongcheng was truly superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Chengdu Sports Center stadium in Chengdu on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Zhe Wang assisted by Chengjun Hu and Yang Yang. The 4th official was Minghui Niu. The weather was haze. The temperature was cold at 12.2 degrees Celsius or 53.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 21 Total 2
- 13 On Target 0
- 8 Off Target 2
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 86 Attack 94
- 35 Dangerous attack 34
- 96 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 19
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 8 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Chengdu Rongcheng had a strong ball possession 63% while Dalian Professional was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Chengdu Rongcheng was putting more pressure with 35 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chengdu Rongcheng won the match.
Chengdu Rongcheng shot 21 times, 13 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Dalian Professional shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Chengdu Rongcheng received 2 yellow cards (Felipe Silva and Min-woo Kim). Regarding the opposition, Dalian Professional received 4 yellow cards (Jianan Zhao, Jianbo Zhao, Longchang Lin and Liangming Lin).
Also, Dalian Professional didn’t end the match with 11 players after Ting Zhu (Dalian Professional) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (68′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Chengdu Rongcheng will have 65 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Dalian Professional will stay with 45 points to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
Chengdu Rongcheng – Formation
Chengdu Rongcheng
46'
73'
21', 59'
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 , Gou Junchen , Min-woo Kim , Xin Tang , Tim Chow , Chao Gan , Hu Hetao , Rômulo , Felipe Silva and Matheus Saldanha .
The home team had on the bench: Xing Yu, Jianbin Li, Jing Hu , Ruibao Hu, Wang Hanlin, Bin Liu, Mutellip Iminqari , Hu Xingyu, Gan Rui, Meng Junjie and Xiang Baixu.
Chengdu Rongcheng could not rely on the presence of Mutellip Iminqari (injured).
Substitutions
Chengdu Rongcheng made 5 changes: Tao Liu for Jing Hu (46′), Saldanha for Mutellip Iminqari (69′), Hetao Hu for Bin Liu (79′), Junchen Gou for Jianbin Li (88′) and Xin Tang for Rui Gan (88′).
Best player: Tim Chow
The player that probably impressed the most for Chengdu Rongcheng was Tim Chow.
His rating is with 2 goals, 46 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.
Dalian Professional – Formation
Dalian Pro
68'
Dalian Professional started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Hui Xie played with: Kudirat Ablet , Ting Zhu , Longchang Lin , Xianjun Wang , Jianan Zhao , Jiahui Huang , Yin Shang , Nemanja Bosančić , Peng Lü , Lü Zhuoyi and Borislav Tsonev .
These were the players on the bench: Zhao Jianbo , Chong Zhang, Yupeng He , Elkut Eysajan, Zhiwei Song, Liangming Lin , Ning Hao and Elkut Eysajan.
Substitutions
Dalian Professional made 3 changes: Zhuoyi Lü for Liangming Lin (41′), Borislav Tsonev for Jianbo Zhao (46′) and Jiahui Huang for Yupeng He (71′).
Best player: Kudirat Ablet
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Dalian Professional was the goalkeeper: Kudirat Ablet. His rating is 6.80. He performed 9 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Hangzhou – Wuhan Yangtze – 4-0
- Shanghai SIPG – Changchun Yatai – 4-0
- Chengdu Rongcheng – Dalian Professional – 3-0
- Guangzhou R&F – Cangzhou Mighty Lions – 1-4
- Meizhou Hakka – Guangzhou Evergrande – 1-0
