WUHUA. Shanghai SIPG defeats Meizhou Hakka with a 2-0 win with a goal from W. Lü (26′) and a goal from L. Wu (90′). Shanghai SIPG capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).
Shanghai SIPG remained in players after Francisco Javier Pereira Mejía received a red card in the 0′. Nonetheless, Shanghai SIPG still was capable to win this match playing only in players.
The match was played at the Huitang Stadium stadium in Wuhua. The referee was Yige Dai with the help of Mingfeng Wu and Fei Xi. The 4th official was Xiaohu Hei. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.9 degrees Celsius or 76.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 5 Total 15
- 1 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 10
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 76 Attack 103
- 36 Dangerous attack 55
- 80 Ball safe 88
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 10
Fouls
- 7 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 11 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Shanghai SIPG was in firm control of the ball 60% while Meizhou Hakka was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Shanghai SIPG was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shanghai SIPG won the match.
Meizhou Hakka shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Shanghai SIPG shot 15 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Meizhou Hakka didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Shanghai SIPG received 1 yellow card (Shenchao Wang).
Also, Shanghai SIPG didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Francisco Javier Pereira Mejía (Shanghai SIPG) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (0′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Meizhou Hakka will stay with 8 points like Shandong Luneng, Qingdao Jonoon and Shenzhen to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Shanghai SIPG will have 20 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Meizhou Hakka will play away against Chengdu Rongcheng on the 4th of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Chengdu Rongcheng (1 draw).
Shanghai SIPG will play away agasint Dalian Professional on the 4th of November with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Shanghai SIPG (4 draws).
Meizhou Hakka – Formation
Meizhou Hakka
76'
Meizhou Hakka started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Milan Ristić decided to play with the following team: Yuelei Cheng , Tze-Nam Yue , Ximing Pan , Rade Dugalić , Weihui Rao , Zhechao Chen , Chaosheng Yang , Liang Shi , Li Yongjia , Chugui Ye and Rodrigo Henrique .
The home team had on the bench: Hongbo Yin , Quanbo Guo, Elguja Lobjanidze , Wei Cui, Wei Wang, Nebojša Kosović , Jie Chen, Guokang Chen, Daogang Yao, Congyao Yin, Wen Junjie and Yihu Yang .
Meizhou Hakka could not rely on the presence of Yihu Yang (injured).
Substitutions
Meizhou Hakka made 5 changes: Chaosheng Yang for Hongbo Yin (60′), Zhechao Chen for Elguja Lobjanidze (60′), Rade Dugalić for Wen Junjie (60′), Yongjia Li for Nebojša Kosović (60′) and Weihui Rao for Yihu Yang (76′).
Best player: Yuelei Cheng
The player that probably impressed the most for Meizhou Hakka was the goalkeeper: Yuelei Cheng. His rating is 7.00. He performed 2 saves.
Shanghai SIPG – Formation
Shanghai Port
90'
26'
Shanghai SIPG started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Francisco Javier Pereira Mejía played with: Junling Yan , Linpeng Zhang , Tyias Browning , Shenchao Wang , Issa Kallon , Huikang Cai , Mirahmetjan Muzepper , Wenjun Lyu , Oscar , Wu Lei and Paulinho .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ang Li, Guan He, Jin Feng, Xin Xu, Hai Yu, Shenyuan Li, Shiyuan Yang , Markus Pink , Wei Chen, Matías Vargas , Liu Xiaolong and Zhen Wei .
Substitutions
Shanghai SIPG made 4 changes: Murahmetjan Muzepper for Yang Shiyuan (72′), Issa Kallon for Matías Vargas (76′), Paulinho for Markus Pink (77′) and Huikang Cai for Wei Zhen (84′).
Best player: Linpeng Zhang
The most impressive player for Shanghai SIPG was Linpeng Zhang even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 76 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Meizhou Hakka – Shanghai SIPG – 0-2
- Tianjin Teda – Shandong Luneng – 3-3
- Henan Jianye – Dalian Professional – 1-0
