KUNSHAN. Dalian Professional was capable to reverse the score against Qingdao Hainiu to win 2-1. It was Qingdao Hainiu to strike first with a goal of Liu Jiashen at the 43′. Then it was a goal in the 49′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Larsson gave the win to Dalian Professional in the 79′ minute. Dalian Professional was truly better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Kunshan Sports Center Stadium stadium in Kunshan. The referee was Minghui Niu who was helped by Chao Tang and Jun Jin. The 4th official was Zhao Liu. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 13 Total 10
- 6 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 8
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 80 Attack 134
- 36 Dangerous attack 62
- 78 Ball safe 67
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 18
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 8 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Dalian Professional had a strong ball possession 64% while Qingdao Hainiu was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Dalian Professional had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Dalian Professional won the match.
Qingdao Hainiu shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Dalian Professional shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Qingdao Hainiu received 2 yellow cards (M. Ezmat and Hu Jiali). Talking about the opposition, Dalian Professional received 5 yellow cards (Li Shuai, Sun Guowen, J. Huang, and W. Wu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Qingdao Hainiu will stay with 10 points to remain in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Dalian Professional will have 16 points to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Qingdao Hainiu will play away against Wuhan Zall on the 28th of December with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Wuhan Zall (0 draws).
Dalian Professional will host Chongqing Dangdai Lifan on the 28th of December with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Dalian Professional (3 draws).
Qingdao Hainiu – Formation
Qingdao Hainiu adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Weijian Yang decided to play with the following team: Li Zhizhao
, Ting Zhu , Liu Jiashen , Jian Liu , Xiang Gao , Ji Xiaoxuan , Peng Lü , Ruan Zhexiang , Memet-Abdulla Ezmat , Romain Alessandrini and Hao Wang .The home team had on the bench: Jiang Weipeng, Runtong Song, Zheng Zou, Hu Jiali
, Peng Li, Fei Wang , Zhenli Liu, Fang Xinfeng, Zhou Junchen, Emmanuel Badu , Yu Yang and Zhao Shi.Qingdao Hainiu could not rely on the presence of Hu Jiali (injured).
Substitutions
Qingdao Hainiu made 4 changes: R. Alessandrini for Hu Jiali (8′), X. Gao for Y. Yu (62′), M. Ezmat for Wang Fei (80′) and Hu Jiali for Badu (80′).
Best player: Ji Xiaoxuan
The most impressive player for Qingdao Hainiu was Ji Xiaoxuan.
His rating is
with 18 passes (55% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.Dalian Professional – Formation
Also Dalian Professional adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
José Manuel González López played with: Chong Zhang
, Tong Lei , Yanfeng Dong , Yaopeng Wang , Shuai Li , Qianglong Tao , Wei Wu , Ming’an Cui , Guowen Sun , Emmanuel Boateng and Sam Larsson .The following players were sitting on the bench: Kudirat Ablet, Xianjun Wang, Long Zheng, Wang Yu, Jiahui Huang
, Pengfei Shan, Yupeng He , Zhao Jianbo, Zhu Jiaxuan, Zhenao Wang, Bo Sun and Huanhuan Shan .Dalian Professional could not rely on the presence of Zheng Long (injured) and H. Shan (injured).
Substitutions
Dalian Professional made 5 changes: Y. Dong for J. Huang (46′), S. Larsson for Zheng Long (85′), Zheng Long for H. Shan (89′), Tao Qianglong for Y. He (89′) and E. Boateng for X. Wang (90′).
Best player: Tong Lei
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Dalian Professional was Tong Lei even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 34 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 16. He performed 6 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Qingdao Hainiu – Dalian Professional – 1-2
- Shijiazhuang Ever Bright – Tianjin Teda – 2-1
- Chongqing Dangdai Lifan – Wuhan Zall – 0-0
- Henan Jianye – Shanghai Shenhua – 2-0