ZHENGZHOU. Henan Jianye conquers Dalian Professional 1-0 after N. Covic scored just 1 goal (44′).

The match was played at the Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium stadium in Zhengzhou on Saturday and it started at 7:35 pm local time. The referee was Ming Fu with the support of Jingtao Guo and Zheng Luo. The 4th official was Shuran Gan. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.3 degrees Celsius or 70.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Henan Jianye was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Dalian Professional that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Dalian Professional had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Henan Jianye was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Henan Jianye shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Dalian Professional shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Henan Jianye received 1 yellow card (Nemanja Covic). Talking about the opposition, Dalian Professional received 1 yellow card (Nemanja Bosancic).

Standings

After this contest, Henan Jianye will have 7 points like Cangzhou Mighty Lions to remain in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Dalian Professional will stay with 6 points like Nantong Zhiyun to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Henan Jianye will play away with Shandong Luneng on the 4th of November with a 15-8 head to head in favor of Shandong Luneng (7 draws).

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

Henan Jianye – Formation

Henan Jianye started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Sergio Zarco Diaz decided to play with the following team: Gouming Wang (6.7), Xin Luo (7.0), Cao Gu (6.2), Songyi Li (7.4), Zhao Ke (7.6), Tomás Pina (6.7), Shangyuan Wang (6.4), Yihao Zhong (6.6), Nemanja Čović (7.3), Zichang Huang (6.5) and Feng Boyuan (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Gao Tianyu (7.0), Liu Jiahui, Yang Minjie, Shi Chenglong, Dilyimit Tudi (6.5), Runtong Song, Tang Xu, Dong Han, Yixin Liu, Chen Keqiang, Du Zhixuan and Peng Peng.

Henan Jianye could not rely on the presence of Dilyimit Tudi (injured).

Substitutions

Henan Jianye made 3 changes: Shangyuan Wang for Dilemet Tudi (28′), Nemanja Covic for GAO Tianyu (76′) and Zhao Ke for Keqiang Chen (82′).

Best player: Zhao Ke​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Henan Jianye was Zhao Ke even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 21 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Dalian Professional – Formation

Dalian Professional started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

Hui Xie played with: Yan Wu (6.6), Yupeng He (7.0), Lilley Nunez Vasudeva Das (6.4), Longchang Lin (7.0), Zhenao Wang (6.5), Streli Mamba (6.1), Jiahui Huang (6.4), Peng Lü (6.7), Liangming Lin (7.1), Borislav Tsonev (6.8) and Manzoki Lobi (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Yaopeng Wang, Yan Xiangchuang, Nemanja Bosančić (6.4), Yu Fei (6.6), Yin Shang, Zhiwei Song, Kudirat Ablet, Ting Zhu (6.4), Wang Yu, Jianan Zhao, Le Liu and Lü Zhuoyi.

Substitutions

Dalian Professional made 5 changes: Huang Jiahui for Nemanja Bosančić (46′), Zhen’ao Wang for Ting Zhu (68′), Streli Mamba  for Yan Xiangchuang (80′), Borislav Tsonev for Fei Yu (82′) and Peng Lü for Zhiwei Song (84′).

Best player: Liangming Lin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Dalian Professional was Liangming Lin.

His rating is (7.1) with 26 passes (53% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

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