SHANGHAI. Shanghai SIPG beat Shenzhen. Shanghai SIPG was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Shanghai SIPG remained with 10 players after Jiang Guangtai received a red card in the 53′. Still, Shanghai SIPG still was capable to win this match playing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Shanghai Stadium stadium in Shanghai on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Yige Dai with the assistance of Yi Cao and Fei Xi. The 4th official was Minghui Niu. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.7 degrees Celsius or 72.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 13 Total 13
- 4 On Target 6
- 7 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 127 Attack 86
- 70 Dangerous attack 37
- 60 Ball safe 66
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 6 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Shanghai SIPG was in firm control of the ball 61% while Shenzhen was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Shanghai SIPG was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shanghai SIPG won the match.
Shanghai SIPG shot 13 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Shenzhen shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Shanghai SIPG received 2 yellow cards (Linpeng Zhang and Junling Yan). On the opposite side, Shenzhen received 2 yellow cards (Haofeng Xu and Romain Alessandrini).
(Shanghai SIPG) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (53′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Shanghai SIPG has 6 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Shenzhen stays with 3 points (7th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Shanghai SIPG will play away against Dalian Professional on the 4th of November with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of Shanghai SIPG (4 draws).
Shenzhen will play away agasint Chengdu Rongcheng on the 22nd of October with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Shenzhen (1 draw).
Shanghai SIPG – Formation
Shanghai Port
90'
53'
25'
76'
Shanghai SIPG started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Francisco Javier Pereira Mejía decided to play with the following team: Junling Yan , Shenchao Wang , Tyias Browning , Linpeng Zhang , Wenjun Lyu , Xin Xu , Huikang Cai , Oscar , Wu Lei , Markus Pink and Matías Vargas .
The home team had on the bench: Wei Chen, Issa Kallon, Ang Li , Shenyuan Li, Guan He, Paulinho , Wei Zhen , Shuai Li , Mirahmetjan Muzepper , Huachen Zhang, Jin Feng and Shiyuan Yang.
Substitutions
Shanghai SIPG made 5 changes: Xin Xu for Li Ang (55′), Matías Vargas for Mirahmetjan Muzepper (71′), Markus Pink for Paulinho (76′), Shenchao Wang for Wei Zhen (76′) and Wenjun Lü for Li Shuai (76′).
Best player: Oscar
The most impressive player for Shanghai SIPG was Oscar even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 98 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 9 crosses.
Shenzhen – Formation
Shenzhen
Shenzhen started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Tao Chen played with: Chunyu Dong , Xu Haofeng , Boyu Yang , Shuai Pei , Zhang Yuan , Haolun Mi , Yuan Zhang , Huang Ruifeng , Li Ning , Frank Acheampong and Shahsat Hujahmat .
They had on the bench: Romain Alessandrini , Dalun Zheng , Liao Lei, Guoliang Chen, Will Donkin , Du Yuezheng , Xingyu Wu, Zhipeng Jiang , Yue Xu, Mincheng Yuan, Minzhe Wei and Xin Zhou.
Substitutions
Shenzhen made 5 changes: Li Ning for Jiang Zhipeng (46′), Yuan Zhang for Romain Alessandrini (62′), Haolun Mi for Dalun Zheng (62′), Hujahmat Shahsat for Will Donkin (62′) and Yuan Zhang for Yuezheng Du (71′).
Best player: Zhipeng Jiang
The most impressive player for Shenzhen was Zhipeng Jiang.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
