CANTON. Guangzhou Evergrande and Hebei CFFC draw 1-1. W. Shihao scored the first goal (49′) for Guangzhou Evergrande. Z. Hui made it even (81′). Guangzhou Evergrande was surely superior in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Tianhe Stadium stadium in Canton on Thursday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Xiaochen Zhang with the support of Dexin Wang and Haijun Zhang. The 4th official was Zheng Li. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 17 Total 5
- 4 On Target 1
- 13 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 114 Attack 91
- 69 Dangerous attack 29
- 114 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Guangzhou Evergrande was in firm control of the ball 61% while Hebei CFFC was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Guangzhou Evergrande was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Guangzhou Evergrande to win the match.
Guangzhou Evergrande shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Hebei CFFC shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Guangzhou Evergrande received 3 yellow cards (Zheng Zhi, He Chao and S. Wu). On the other side, Hebei CFFC received 1 yellow card (Hu Rentian).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Guangzhou Evergrande will have 31 points to sit in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Hebei CFFC will have 24 points to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande will play away against Changchun Yatai on the 19th of December with a 11-6 head to head stats in favor of Guangzhou Evergrande (3 draws).
Hebei CFFC will play away agasint Shenzhen on the 19th of December with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Shenzhen (1 draw).
Guangzhou Evergrande – Formation
Guangzhou Evergrande
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Guangzhou Evergrande started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Fabio Cannavaro decided to play with the following team: Dianzuo Liu , Linpeng Zhang , Tyias Browning , Shaocong Wu , Hanwen Deng , Xiuwei Zhang , Lisheng Liao , Yihao Zhong , Dinghao Yan , Liyu Yang and Shihao Wei .
The home team had on the bench: Kaiyuan Tan , Shilong Wang, Xuepeng Li , Yang Dejiang, Weiguo Liu, Ling Jie , Wu Junhao, Chao He , Zhi Zheng, Bowen Huang, Yu Hou and Shibo Liu.
Guangzhou Evergrande could not rely on the presence of J. Ling (injured).
Substitutions
Guangzhou Evergrande made 4 changes: Y. Zhong for Li Xuepeng (66′), Wei Shihao for J. Ling (71′), Yan Dinghao for He Chao (86′) and Yang Liyu for K. Tan (86′).
Best player: Dinghao Yan
The player that probably impressed the most for Guangzhou Evergrande was Dinghao Yan.
His rating is with 48 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
Hebei CFFC – Formation
Hebei CFFC
Hebei CFFC started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Jong-Boo Kim played with: Yaxiong Bao , Lin Cui , Zhang Wei , Samir Memisevic , Haifeng Ding , Qiuming Wang , João Silva , Daogang Yao , Zhang Hui , Xuchen Yao and Leonardo .
They had on the bench: Qiang Jin, Wenjun Jiang , Rentian Hu , Yu Zhang, Tianyuan Xu, Chi Wenyi, Quile Gong, Liao Wei , Huaze Gao, Song Xintao, Chen Yunhha and Gang Feng .
Substitutions
Hebei CFFC made 5 changes: Ding Haifeng for Jiang Wenjun (62′), X. Yao for W. Liao (62′), D. Yao for Feng Gang (70′), Zhang Hui for Hu Rentian (82′) and L. Cui for Chen Yunhua (82′).
Best player: Zhang Hui
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hebei CFFC was Zhang Hui.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Shanghai SIPG – Guangzhou R&F – 1-0
- Changchun Yatai – Shenzhen – 1-1
- Guangzhou Evergrande – Hebei CFFC – 1-1
- Shandong Luneng – Beijing Guoan – 2-1
