WUHAN. Wuhan Three Towns beats Nantong Zhiyun 4-2. Nantong Zhiyun was surely superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
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 referee was Kun Ai with the assistance of Yi Cao and Chengjun Hu. The 4th official was Jindong Chen. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.96 degrees Celsius or 76.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 19 Total 12
- 8 On Target 6
- 8 Off Target 5
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 74 Attack 103
- 32 Dangerous attack 33
- 60 Ball safe 64
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 7
Fouls
- 12 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Nantong Zhiyun had a strong ball possession 63% while Wuhan Three Towns was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nantong Zhiyun was more pushing with 33 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Wuhan Three Towns managed to find the solution to win this match.
Wuhan Three Towns shot 19 times, 8 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Nantong Zhiyun shot 12 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Wuhan Three Towns received 2 yellow cards (Hang Ren and Shihao Wei). Talking about the opposition, Nantong Zhiyun received 3 yellow cards (Rubilio Castillo, Jie Wang and Huan Liu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Wuhan Three Towns will have 39 points like Hangzhou to hold in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Nantong Zhiyun will stay with 19 points to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Wuhan Three Towns will play away with Dalian Pro on the 20th of October with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Wuhan Three Towns (1 draw).
Nantong Zhiyun will host Tianjin Teda on the 4th of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Wuhan Three Towns – Formation
Wuhan Three Towns
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79'
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Wuhan Three Towns started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Tsutomu Takahata decided to play with the following team: Dianzuo Liu , Guan He , Hang Ren , Park Ji-soo , Li Yang , Nicolae Stanciu , Chao He , Denny Wang Yi , Pengfei Xie , Aziz and Davidson .
The home team had on the bench: Shihao Wei , Dinghao Yan, Xiaobing Zhang, Marcão , Luo Jing, Kuo Yang, Yiming Liu, WenTao Zhang, Zhunyi Gao , Liuyu Duan, Guo Jiayu and Zhouxin Huang.
Wuhan Three Towns could not rely on the presence of Marcão (injured) and Zhunyi Gao (injured).
Substitutions
Wuhan Three Towns made 5 changes: Aziz for Marcão (63′), Denny Wang Yi for Shihao Wei (63′), Li Yang for Zhunyi Gao (79′), Davidson for Dinghao Yan (85′) and Chao He for Xiaobing Zhang (85′).
Best player: Davidson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wuhan Three Towns was Davidson.
His rating is with 2 goals, 14 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 20. He performed 2 crosses.
Nantong Zhiyun – Formation
Nantong Zhiyun
Nantong Zhiyun started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Gabriel Francisco García de la Torre played with: Xue Qinghao , Yeljan Shinar , Wei Liu , Huan Liu , Lai Wei , Kang Cao , Yang Ruan , David Puclin , Lucas Morelatto , Romario Baldé and Rubilio Castillo .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Li Huayang, Jie Wang , Ma Sheng, Ming Yang Yang , Zilei Jiang, Wang Jiahao, Hong Gui , Zheng Haoqian, Xiangbin Li , Song Wang , Zhiyun Zheng and Qiu Zhongyi.
Substitutions
Nantong Zhiyun made 5 changes: Wei Liu for Jie Wang (46′), David Puclin for Song Wang (74′), Lucas Morelatto for Ming Yang Yang (46′), Rubilio Castillo for Hong Gui (69′) and Kang Cao for Xiangbin Li (74′).
Best player: David Puclin
The player that probably impressed the most for Nantong Zhiyun was David Puclin.
His rating is with 2 goals, 31 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
