SHANGHAI. Henan Jianye and Shanghai Shenhua draw 1-1. N. Covic scored the first goal (27′) for Henan Jianye. J. Shenglong made it even (82′). Shanghai Shenhua was surely superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Shanghai Stadium stadium in Shanghai on Sunday and it started at 7:35 pm local time. The referee was Zhe Wang with the help of Yang Yang and Bo Jiang. The 4th official was Minghui Niu. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.7 degrees Celsius or 83.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Shanghai Shenhua had a strong ball possession 64% while Henan Jianye was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Shanghai Shenhua was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Shanghai Shenhua to win the match​.

Shanghai Shenhua shot 23 times, 3 on target, 20 off target. On the opposite side, Henan Jianye shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Shanghai Shenhua received 1 yellow card (Haijian Wang). On the opposite side, Henan Jianye received 2 yellow cards (Tianyu Gao and Yihao Zhong).

Standings

After playing this match, Shanghai Shenhua will have 19 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Henan Jianye will have 8 points like Qingdao Jonoon to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Shanghai Shenhua will host Hangzhou on the 4th of November with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Hangzhou (11 draws).

Henan Jianye will play away agasint Shandong Luneng on the 4th of November with a 15-8 head to head stats in favor of Shandong Luneng (7 draws).

Shanghai Shenhua – Formation

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

The manager Jingui Wu decided to play with the following team: Yaxiong Bao (6.8), Aidi Fulang Xisi (7.0), Shenglong Jiang (7.6), Chenjie Zhu (6.6), Jiabao Wen (6.5), Ibrahim Amadou (7.7), Haijian Wang (7.1), Haoyang Xu (6.7), João Carlos Teixeira (7.4), Hanchao Yu (6.9) and Cephas Malele (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Xue Qinghao, Lin Cui, Yangyang Jin, Macario Hing-Glover, ZeXiang Yang, Jiajun Bai (6.6), Liu Yujie, Fei Ernanduo, Christian Bassogog (7.0), Yunding Cao (7.4), Xu Yougang and Long Qi.

Shanghai Shenhua could not rely on the presence of Christian Bassogog (injured).

Substitutions

Shanghai Shenhua made 3 changes: Xu Haoyang for Yang Shuai (46′), Wen Jiabao for Jiajun Bai (57′) and João Carlos Teixeira for Christian Bassogog (69′).

Best player: Ibrahim Amadou​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Shanghai Shenhua was Ibrahim Amadou.

His rating is (7.7) with 46 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Henan Jianye – Formation

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

Sergio Zarco Diaz played with: Gouming Wang (6.4), Xin Luo (7.1), Cao Gu (7.4), Liu Jiahui (6.8), Zhao Ke (6.7), Songyi Li (7.0), Nemanja Čović (7.8), Dilyimit Tudi (6.8), Yihao Zhong (7.4), Feng Boyuan (6.4) and Zichang Huang (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Yixin Liu, Yang Minjie (6.4), Du Zhixuan, Shuai Yang (6.5), Gao Tianyu (6.0), Peng Peng, Shi Chenglong, Dong Han and Tang Xu.

Henan Jianye could not rely on the presence of Tianyu Gao (injured).

Substitutions

Henan Jianye made 5 changes: Zichang Huang for GAO Tianyu (23′), Xu Haoyang for Cao Yunding (46′), Dilyimit Tudi for Minjie Yang (73′), Songyi Li for Liu Yixin (80′) and Zhao Ke for Zhixuan Du (80′).

Best player: Nemanja Čović​

The most impressive player for Henan Jianye was Nemanja Čović.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 29 passes (55% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Dalian Professional – Tianjin Teda – 0-1
• Shanghai Shenhua – Henan Jianye – 1-1
• Hangzhou – Beijing Guoan – 3-2
• Qingdao Jonoon – Shandong Luneng – 0-1
• Shenzhen – Meizhou Hakka – 3-2