Guangzhou Evergrande beats Changchun Yatai 2-0 on Saturday

CANTON. Guangzhou Evergrande prevails over Changchun Yatai with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Ling (73') and a goal from K. Tan (83').

Guangzhou Evergrande beats Changchun Yatai 2-0 on Saturday

CANTON. Guangzhou Evergrande beats Changchun Yatai with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Ling (73′) and a goal from K. Tan (83′). Guangzhou Evergrande was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Tianhe Stadium stadium in Canton on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Lei Zhang assisted by Ji Ma and Xingfeng Li. The 4th official was Zheng Li. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21 degrees Celsius or 69.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
  • 13 Total 6
  • 4 On Target 0
  • 9 Off Target 6
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 145 Attack 66
  • 50 Dangerous attack 29
  • 45 Ball safe 47
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 16 Total 14
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Guangzhou Evergrande was in firm control of the ball 63% while Changchun Yatai was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Guangzhou Evergrande was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Guangzhou Evergrande won the match​.

Guangzhou Evergrande shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Changchun Yatai shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Guangzhou Evergrande received 2 yellow cards (He Chao and Yang Liyu). Talking about the opposition, Changchun Yatai received 3 yellow cards (Mao Kaiyu, Li Guangwen and Tudi Dilyimit).

Match Timeline

36'
37'
44'
Guangwen Li- Yellow
57'
Li Zhang- sub ->Li Guangwen
62'
65'
Jiakang Hui- sub ->Long Tan
66'
65'
70'
73'
74'
83'
85'
Cui Qi- sub ->Zhiyu Yan
85'
Changcheng Cheng- sub ->Kaiyu Mao
Shilong Wang- sub ->Yang Liyu
86'
Shilong Wang- sub ->Liyu Yang
86'

Standings

After playing this contest, Guangzhou Evergrande will have 44 points to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Changchun Yatai will stay with 38 points to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande will play away with Shanghai SIPG on the 4th of January with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of Guangzhou Evergrande (6 draws).

Changchun Yatai will host Shandong Luneng on the 4th of January with a 15-4 head to head record in favor of Shandong Luneng (8 draws).

Guangzhou Evergrande – Formation

Guangzhou Evergrande
G
W. Liu 13.China PR
6.8
D
Xuepeng Li 35.China
6.5
65'
D
Linpeng Zhang  5.China
8.0
D
Hanwen Deng 25.China
7.1
D
Zhi Zheng 10.China
8.1
M
Lisheng Liao 6.China
7.1
M
Chao He 36.China
7.5
M
Xiuwei Zhang 22.China
7.6
M
Dinghao Yan 15.China
6.3
M
Liyu Yang 17.China
6.9
86' 70'
F
J. Ling 28.China PR
7.2
74' Goals73'
Substitutes
G
Shibo Liu 1.China
D
Fang Mei 3.China
D
S. Wang 20.China PR
86'
D
Wu Shaocong 27.China
D
J. Luo 42.China PR
M
D. Yang 30.China PR
M
X. Li 31.China PR
M
Kaiyuan Tan 39.China
7.4
74' Goals83'
M
Yihao Zhong 33.China
6.5
65'
M
Y. Hou 34.China PR
M
B. Huang 16.China PR
F
Shihao Wei 7.China

Guangzhou Evergrande adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Zhiyu Liu decided to play with the following team: Weiguo Liu (6.8), Hanwen Deng (7.1), Zhi Zheng (8.1), Linpeng Zhang (8.0), Xuepeng Li (6.5), Xiuwei Zhang (7.6), Liyu Yang (6.9), Lisheng Liao (7.1), Chao He (7.5), Dinghao Yan (6.3) and Ling Jie (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Fang Mei, Shilong Wang, Shihao Wei, Yang Dejiang, Li Xingxian, Shaocong Wu, Kaiyuan Tan (7.4), Yihao Zhong (6.5), Luo Junhan, Shibo Liu, Yu Hou and Bowen Huang.

Guangzhou Evergrande could not rely on the presence of K. Tan (injured).

Substitutions

Guangzhou Evergrande made 4 changes: Li Xuepeng for Y. Zhong (65′), J. Ling for K. Tan (74′), Yang Liyu for S. Wang (86′) and He Chao for Hou Yu (86′).

Best player: Zhi Zheng​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Guangzhou Evergrande was Zhi Zheng even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 68 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

Changchun Yatai – Formation

Changchun Yatai
G
Yake Wu 23.China
6.2
D
Jie Sun 5.China
6.3
D
Weihui Rao 31.China
6.8
D
Jores Okore 4.Denmark
7.0
D
K. Mao 39.China PR
6.5
85' 37'
M
G. Li 32.China PR
6.5
57' 44'
M
Zhiyu Yan 24.China
6.4
85'
M
Dilyimit Tudi 15.China
7.1
62'
M
Tan Long 29.China
7.3
65'
M
Chaosheng Yang 26.China
6.6
66'
F
Erik 11.Brazil
6.8
Substitutes
G
H. Ci 1.China PR
G
Xiaotian Shi 28.China
D
Sun Qinhan 30.China
D
Cui Qi 21.China
6.5
85'
D
Y. Zhang 6.China PR
M
Li Zhang 27.China
6.4
57'
M
J. Hui 19.China PR
6.5
65'
M
Po-Liang Chen 17.Taiwan
F
X. Bai 14.China PR
F
G. Figueiredo 9.Brazil
6.8
66'
F
Changcheng Cheng 13.China
6.6
85'

Also Changchun Yatai adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Yang Chen played with: Yake Wu (6.2), Kaiyu Mao (6.5), Jores Okore (7.0), Jie Sun (6.3), Weihui Rao (6.8), Zhiyu Yan (6.4), Chaosheng Yang (6.6), Guang Li (6.5), Dilyimit Tudi (7.1), Long Tan (7.3) and Erik (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sun Qinhan, Li Zhang (6.4), Memet-Ali Memet-Raim, Bai Xuesong, Ci Henglong, Júnior Negrão (6.8), Cui Qi (6.5), Jiakang Hui (6.5), Yu Zhang, Xiaotian Shi, Po Liang Chen and Changcheng Cheng (6.6).

Substitutions

Changchun Yatai made 5 changes: Li Guangwen for Zhang Li (57′), Yang Chaosheng for J. Negao (66′), Tan Long for Hui Jiakang (66′), Mao Kaiyu for Cheng Changcheng (85′) and Yan Zhiyu for Cui Qi (85′).

Best player: Long Tan​

The player that probably impressed the most for Changchun Yatai was Long Tan.

His rating is (7.3) with 9 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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