GUANGZHOU. Shandong Luneng was capable to turn the tables against Beijing Guoan to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Beijing Guoan to strike first with a goal of Zhang Yuning at the 73′. Then it was a goal in the 80′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Jadson gave the win to Shandong Luneng in the 90′ minute with a goal. Shandong Luneng took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Huangpu Sports Center stadium in Guangzhou on Thursday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Long Zhang with the collaboration of Xing Liu and Xingfeng Li. The 4th official was Shengyu Sun. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 11 Total 5
- 4 On Target 1
- 7 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 76 Attack 67
- 61 Dangerous attack 34
- 76 Ball safe 91
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Shandong Luneng had a strong ball possession 58% while Beijing Guoan was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Shandong Luneng was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shandong Luneng won the match.
Shandong Luneng shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Beijing Guoan shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Shandong Luneng received 4 yellow cards (Lin Dai, Liu Yang, Jin Jingdao and P. Delgado). Regarding the opposition, Beijing Guoan didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Shandong Luneng will have 39 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Beijing Guoan will stay with 27 points to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Shandong Luneng will play away with Shanghai SIPG on the 19th of December with a 5-5 head to head statistic.
Beijing Guoan will play away agasint Guangzhou R&F on the 19th of December with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Beijing Guoan (4 draws).
Shandong Luneng – Formation
Shandong Taishan
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90'
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Shandong Luneng started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Wei Hao decided to play with the following team: Dalei Wang , Xiang Ji , Ke Shi , Jadson , Zheng Zheng , Xin Xu , Son Jun ho , Binbin Liu , Moisés , Xinghan Wu and Tianyu Guo .
The home team had on the bench: Lin Dai, Pedro Delgado, Tianyu Qi, Marouane Fellaini , Guanxi Li, Xin Tian, Yang Liu , Rongze Han, Long Song , Liuyu Duan, Zhechao Chen and Jingdao Jin .
Substitutions
Shandong Luneng made 4 changes: Wu Xinghan for Liu Yang (46′), Liu Binbin for Jin Jingdao (54′), Zheng Zheng for Song Long (65′) and Xu Xin for M. Fellaini (65′).
Best player: Son Jun ho
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Shandong Luneng was Son Jun ho.
His rating is with 1 goal, 83 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.
Beijing Guoan – Formation
Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Slaven Bilić played with: Sen Hou , Pengxiang Jin , Fan Yang , Huan Liu , Gang Wang , Tianyi Gao , Zhongguo Chi , Taiyan Jin , Xizhe Zhang , Anderson Silva and Yuning Zhang .
These were the players on the bench: Tao Jiang, Xie Longfei, Cheng Piao , Liang Shaowen, Yongjing Cao , Zhenyu He, Dehai Zou, Ziming Wang , Bai Yang, Liu Guobo, Quanbo Guo and Qilong Ruan.
Beijing Guoan could not rely on the presence of Y. Cao (injured).
Substitutions
Beijing Guoan made 3 changes: Wang Gang for Y. Cao (17′), Anderson for Z. Wang (70′) and Zhang Xizhe for Piao Cheng (70′).
Best player: Yongjing Cao
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Beijing Guoan was Yongjing Cao.
His rating is with 23 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 17′.
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
