JIANGYIN. Dalian Professional defeats Henan Jianye 1-0 after S. Larsson scored just 1 goal (83′). Dalian Professional took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Jiangyin Sports Park Stadium stadium in Jiangyin on Sunday and it started at 11:30 am local time. The referee was Memetjan Ahmat assisted by Zheng Luo and Kexi Ma. The 4th official was Yige Dai. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 43.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Dalian Professional was in firm control of the ball 56% while Henan Jianye was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Dalian Professional was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Dalian Professional won the match​.

Dalian Professional shot 25 times, 1 on target, 24 off target. Regarding the opposition, Henan Jianye shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Dalian Professional received 2 yellow cards (W. Wu and Tong Lei). Talking about the opposition, Henan Jianye received 3 yellow cards (Chen Hao, F. Karanga and Wang Shangyuan).

Standings

After playing this match, Dalian Professional will have 10 points like Tianjin Teda and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Henan Jianye will stay with 18 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Dalian Professional will play away with Qingdao Hainiu on the 21st of December with a 0-0 head to head record.

Henan Jianye will host Shanghai Shenhua on the 21st of December with a 9-7 head to head record in favor of Shanghai Shenhua (10 draws).

Dalian Professional – Formation

Dalian Professional adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager José Manuel González López decided to play with the following team: Chong Zhang (7.3), Tong Lei (7.8), Yanfeng Dong (6.9), Marcus Danielson (7.4), Shuai Li (6.8), Zhenao Wang (7.3), Wei Wu (7.3), Xuri Zhao (7.7), Guowen Sun (7.1), Emmanuel Boateng (6.8) and Sam Larsson (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Xianjun Wang, Ming’an Cui (7.0), Kudirat Ablet, Jiahui Huang, Wang Yu, Yaopeng Wang, Yupeng He, Long Zheng (6.4), Qianglong Tao (6.6), Bo Sun, Huanhuan Shan and Pengfei Shan.

Substitutions

Dalian Professional made 5 changes: Z. Wang for Tao Qianglong (74′), Zhao Xuri for Cui Ming’an (74′), S. Larsson for Zheng Long (85′), Sun Guowen for Y. He (90′) and E. Boateng for H. Shan (90′).

Best player: Sam Larsson​

The most impressive player for Dalian Professional was Sam Larsson.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 38 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 10 crosses.

Henan Jianye – Formation

Also Henan Jianye adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Antonio Gómez-Carreño Escalona played with: Gouming Wang (7.1), Toni Šunjić (6.8), Cao Gu (7.5), Hao Chen (6.7), Zhao Ke (7.1), Boxuan Feng (6.2), Xingyu Ma (6.8), Shangyuan Wang (6.4), Dong Han (5.9), Fernando Karanga (6.2) and Henrique Dourado (6.4).

They had on the bench: Guoyuan Yang, Chen Keqiang, Dilmurat Mawlanyaz (6.6), Chen Pu (6.7), Parmanjan Kyum, Du Zhixuan, Yuhao Zhao, Wang Haoran (6.4), Liu Jiahui, Yan Wu, Jinbao Zhong (6.6) and Mohamed Buya Turay (6.8).

Henan Jianye could not rely on the presence of D. Mawlanniyaz (injured).

Substitutions

Henan Jianye made 5 changes: Ma Xingyu for Zhong Jinbao (46′), Ke Zhao for D. Mawlanniyaz (49′), B. Feng for M. Buya Turay (62′), Chen Hao for H. Wang (86′) and D. Han for Chen Pu (88′).

Best player: Cao Gu​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Henan Jianye was Cao Gu.

His rating is (7.5) with 24 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Dalian Professional – Henan Jianye – 1-0
• Tianjin Teda – Chongqing Dangdai Lifan – 1-1
• Wuhan Zall – Shijiazhuang Ever Bright – 4-2
• Shanghai Shenhua – Qingdao Hainiu – 3-0