SHANGHAI. Shanghai Port was able to reverse the score against Wuhan Three Towns. It was Wuhan Three Towns to score first with a goal from Denny Wang Yi. Nonetheless, later Shanghai Port found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Lei Wu (33′), Lei Wu (75′) and Shenchao Wang (90′). Shanghai Port was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Shanghai Stadium stadium in Shanghai on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Ming Fu with the collaboration of Yi Cao and Jingtao Guo. The 4th official was Xing Guan. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 7.02 degrees Celsius or 44.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 22 Total 10
- 8 On Target 5
- 9 Off Target 2
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 151 Attack 96
- 82 Dangerous attack 32
- 98 Ball safe 116
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Shanghai Port had a superior ball possession 67% while Wuhan Three Towns was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Shanghai Port was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shanghai Port won the match.
Shanghai Port shot 22 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Wuhan Three Towns shot 10 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Shanghai Port received 1 yellow card (Zhenao Wang). Talking about the opposition, Wuhan Three Towns received 1 yellow card (Chao He).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Shanghai Port has 3 points to occupy the 2nd place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Wuhan Three Towns stays with 0 points (16th).
Next matches
Shanghai Port – Formation
Shanghai Port
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33', 75'
Shanghai Port started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Kevin Muscat decided to play with the following team: Junling Yan , Zhenao Wang , Linpeng Zhang , Ang Li , Shuai Li , Xin Xu , Oscar , Matheus Jussa , Wenjun Lyu , Lei Wu and Matías Vargas .
The home team had on the bench: Tyias Browning , Shenchao Wang , Wei Chen, Zhen Wei, Will Donkin, Léo Cittadini , Shiyuan Yang, Jin Feng , Guan He, Liu Zhurun , Liang Kun and Liu Xiaolong.
Shanghai Port could not rely on the presence of Jin Feng (injured) and Tyias Browning (injured).
Substitutions
Shanghai Port made 5 changes: Wenjun Lyu for Jin Feng (42′), Xin Xu for Léo Cittadini (79′), Linpeng Zhang for Tyias Browning (30′), Matías Vargas for Liu Zhurun (79′) and Zhenao Wang for Shenchao Wang (79′).
Player of the match: Lei Wu
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Shanghai Port was Lei Wu.
His rating is with 2 goals, 27 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Wuhan Three Towns – Formation
Wuhan Three Towns
Wuhan Three Towns started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez played with: Dianzuo Liu , Hanwen Deng , Yusup Umidjan , Ji-su Park , Zhipeng Jiang , Denny Wang Yi , Xiaobing Zhang , Chao He , Romário Baldé , Darlan and Pedro Henrique .
They had on the bench: Minzhe Wei, Qianglong Tao, Ruofan Liu , Shewketjan Tayir, Zhang Hui, Chen Yuhao , Yiming Liu, Yue Liu, Afrden Asqer , Hang Ren, He Tongshuai and Tao Zhang.
Wuhan Three Towns could not rely on the presence of Chen Yuhao (injured).
Substitutions
Wuhan Three Towns made 3 changes: Darlan for Afrden Asqer (85′), Denny Wang Yi for Ruofan Liu (80′) and Hanwen Deng for Chen Yuhao (69′).
Player of the match: Denny Wang Yi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wuhan Three Towns was Denny Wang Yi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (30% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Shandong Taishan – Changchun Yatai – 4-2
- Qingdao Youth Island – Henan Songshan Longmen – 1-1
- Shanghai Port – Wuhan Three Towns – 3-1
