JINZHOU STADIUM. Shanghai SIPG conquers Cangzhou Mighty Lions 1-0 after L. Wu scored just 1 goal (45′).

The match was played at the Jinzhou Stadium stadium in Jinzhou Stadium on Wednesday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Memetjan Ahmat with the help of Ji Ma and Kai Sun. The 4th official was Peng Gao.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Shanghai SIPG had a superior ball possession 55% while Cangzhou Mighty Lions was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cangzhou Mighty Lions had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Shanghai SIPG managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Cangzhou Mighty Lions shot 13 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Shanghai SIPG shot 10 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Cangzhou Mighty Lions received 4 yellow cards (Yang Liu, Yun Yang, Mile Skoric and Zihao Yan). On the other side, Shanghai SIPG received 1 yellow card (Jin Feng).

Standings

After this match, Cangzhou Mighty Lions stays with 1 points to occupy the 15th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Shanghai SIPG has 9 points (1st).

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Cangzhou Mighty Lions will host Qingdao Jonoon on the 4th of November with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Shanghai SIPG will play away agasint Dalian Professional on the 4th of November with a 7-1 head to head record in favor of Shanghai SIPG (4 draws).

Cangzhou Mighty Lions – Formation

Cangzhou Mighty Lions started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Junzhe Zhao decided to play with the following team: Puliang Shao (6.6), Yun Yang (5.9), Mile Škorić (6.7), Yang Liu (6.7), Sun Qinhan (6.9), Georgy Zhukov (7.0), Peng Wang (6.2), Honglüe Zhao (7.0), Xuchen Yao (6.9), Oscar Taty Maritu (6.7) and Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Feng Han, Wu Wei, Chuangyi Lin (6.9), Xiaotian Yang, Kaimu Zheng, Xinyu Liu, Jürgen Locadia (6.2), Peng Li, Jianxiang Sun, Zang Yifeng, Yue Zhang and Zihao Yan (6.9).

Cangzhou Mighty Lions could not rely on the presence of Zihao Yan (injured).

Substitutions

Cangzhou Mighty Lions made 5 changes: Honglüe Zhao for Zihao Yan (51′), Georgiy Zhukov for Jürgen Locadia (65′), Xuchen Yao for Chuangyi Lin (65′), Peng Wang for Kaimu Zheng (81′) and Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere for Zang Yifeng (81′).

Best player: Georgy Zhukov​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cangzhou Mighty Lions was Georgy Zhukov.

His rating is (7.0) with 27 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Shanghai SIPG – Formation

Shanghai SIPG started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Francisco Javier Pereira Mejía played with: Junling Yan (7.4), Linpeng Zhang (7.3), Wei Zhen (6.9), Ang Li (7.1), Wenjun Lyu (6.6), Huikang Cai (7.1), Oscar (8.9), Jin Feng (6.2), Paulinho (6.5), Wu Lei (6.6) and Markus Pink (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Guan He (6.3), Shiyuan Yang (6.8), Shenchao Wang (6.3), Wei Chen, Xin Xu, Matías Vargas, Huachen Zhang, Mirahmetjan Muzepper (6.7), Shenyuan Li, Issa Kallon (6.9), Shuai Li and Shenglong Li.

Substitutions

Shanghai SIPG made 5 changes: Wei Zhen for Guan He (46′), Jin Feng for Issa Kallon (61′), Paulinho for Mirahmetjan Muzepper (61′), Wenjun Lü for Yang Shiyuan (75′) and Huikang Cai for Shenchao Wang (75′).

Best player: Oscar​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Shanghai SIPG was Oscar even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.9) with 67 passes (86% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 18. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Nantong Zhiyun – Henan Jianye – 1-0
• Shenzhen – Tianjin Teda – 0-2
• Dalian Professional – Chengdu Rongcheng – 0-0
• Cangzhou Mighty Lions – Shanghai SIPG – 0-1
• Shanghai Shenhua – Changchun Yatai – 1-0