WUHAN. Shanghai Shenhua found a way to reverse the score against Wuhan Three Towns to win 2-1. It was Wuhan Three Towns to strike first with an early goal of Davidson at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 38′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ibrahim Amadou gave the win to Shanghai Shenhua in the 57′ minute. Wuhan Three Towns was much superior in terms of ball possession (70%).
The match was played at the Hankou Sports Center Stadium stadium in Wuhan on Sunday and it started at 7:35 pm local time. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.79 degrees Celsius or 91.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 15 Total 12
- 2 On Target 6
- 8 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 149 Attack 81
- 57 Dangerous attack 22
- 101 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 16
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Wuhan Three Towns had a superior ball possession 70% while Shanghai Shenhua was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Wuhan Three Towns had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Shanghai Shenhua was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Wuhan Three Towns shot 15 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Shanghai Shenhua shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Wuhan Three Towns didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Shanghai Shenhua received 1 yellow card (Zhen Ma).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Wuhan Three Towns will stay with 33 points to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Shanghai Shenhua will have 41 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Wuhan Three Towns will play away with Dalian Professional on the 20th of October with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Wuhan Three Towns (1 draw).
Shanghai Shenhua will host Hangzhou on the 4th of November with a 6-6 head to head stats.
Wuhan Three Towns – Formation
Wuhan Three Towns
86'
4'
Wuhan Three Towns started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Tsutomu Takahata decided to play with the following team: Dianzuo Liu , Hanwen Deng , Yiming Liu , Hang Ren , Zhipeng Jiang , Xiaobing Zhang , Nicolae Stanciu , Pengfei Xie , Dinghao Yan, Davidson and Aziz .
The home team had on the bench: Fei Wu, Li Yang, Park Ji-soo, Marcão , Kuo Yang, Chen Yuhao, WenTao Zhang, Liuyu Duan, Guan He, Qianglong Tao, Guo Jiayu and Lu Haidong.
Wuhan Three Towns could not rely on the presence of Marcão (injured).
Substitutions
Wuhan Three Towns made 4 changes: Dinghao Yan for Marcão (59′), Nicolae Stanciu for Liuyu Duan (78′), Davidson for Qianglong Tao (79′) and Yiming Liu for Park Ji-soo (86′).
Best player: Nicolae Stanciu
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wuhan Three Towns was Nicolae Stanciu.
His rating is with 66 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.
Shanghai Shenhua – Formation
Shanghai Shenhua
63'
Shanghai Shenhua started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Jingui Wu played with: Zhen Ma , Yangyang Jin , Shenglong Jiang , Chenjie Zhu , Macario Hing-Glover , Ibrahim Amadou , Xi Wu , Lin Cui , Christian Bassogog , Cephas Malele and Dai Wei Jun .
These were the players on the bench: Shunkai Jin, Haoyang Xu , João Carlos Teixeira, Zexiang Yang , Zhang Wei, Hanchao Yu , Xu Yougang, Aidi Fulang Xisi , Haijian Wang, Fei Ernanduo, Jiabao Wen and Zhengkai Zhou.
Shanghai Shenhua could not rely on the presence of Aidi Fulang Xisi (injured) and Haoyang Xu (injured).
Substitutions
Shanghai Shenhua made 4 changes: Lin Cui for Zexiang Yang (46′), Macario Hing-Glover for Aidi Fulang Xisi (60′), Dai Wei Jun for Haoyang Xu (69′) and Christian Bassogog for Hanchao Yu (76′).
Best player: Cephas Malele
The most impressive player for Shanghai Shenhua was Cephas Malele.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Dalian Pro – Shenzhen – 2-1
- Henan Songshan Longmen – Tianjin Jinmen Tiger – 1-0
- Shandong Taishan – Cangzhou – 4-0
- Nantong Zhiyun – Beijing Guoan – 0-1
- Wuhan Three Towns – Shanghai Shenhua – 1-2
