CANTON. Wuhan Three Towns was in the end too much to handle for Guangzhou R&F with the goal of Davidson (52′), Xie Pengfei (74′) and Ademilson (89′).
The match was played at the Yuexiushan Stadium stadium in Canton on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Lei Zhang assisted by Cheng Zhang and Fei Xi. The 4th official was Zhao Liu. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28 degrees Celsius or 82.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 6 Total 13
- 0 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 10
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 88 Attack 132
- 16 Dangerous attack 41
- 101 Ball safe 62
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 21
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Guangzhou R&F was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Wuhan Three Towns that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Wuhan Three Towns was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Wuhan Three Towns won the contest.
Guangzhou R&F shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Wuhan Three Towns shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Guangzhou R&F received 1 yellow card (J. Cardona). On the opposite side, Wuhan Three Towns received 1 yellow card (W. Zhang).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Guangzhou R&F will host Wuhan Yangtze on the 13th of August with a 2-2 head to head record.
Wuhan Three Towns will host Beijing Guoan on the 12th of August with a 0-0 head to head.
Guangzhou R&F – Formation
Guangzhou R&F
66'
72'
Guangzhou R&F started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Jean-Paul van Gastel decided to play with the following team: Yuelei Cheng , Liao Jiajun , Jihong Jiang , Gong Zhang , Teng Yi , Wu Junjie , Yang Yang , Zhizhao Chen , Li Yongjia , Jown Cardona and Tixiang Li .
The home team had on the bench: Zhang Jinliang, Miao Tang , Jin Bo, Hong Gui , Song Wenjie , Ning An, Wenhao Long, Wen Yongjun, Peng Wang , Yunlong Fan, Yajun Chen and Feng Wei.
Guangzhou R&F could not rely on the presence of Tang Miao (injured).
Substitutions
Guangzhou R&F made 5 changes: Y. Yang for Song Wenjie (62′), J. Liao for Tang Miao (66′), Y. Li for Y. Chen (76′), J. Cardona for Gui Hong (76′) and Li Tixiang for P. Wang (76′).
Best player: Tixiang Li
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Guangzhou R&F was Tixiang Li.
His rating is with 28 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Wuhan Three Towns – Formation
Wuhan Three Towns
74'
Wuhan Three Towns started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Pedro Morilla Pineda played with: Dianzuo Liu , Hanwen Deng , Yaki Yen , Yiming Liu , Hang Ren , Senwen Luo , Xiaobing Zhang , Nicolae Stanciu , Pengfei Xie , Yifei Sang and Haoyang Xu .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Zhunyi Gao, Duan Yunzi , Cheng Qu, Davidson , Lu Haidong, Fei Wu, Zhang Hui, Kuo Yang, Wallace, WenTao Zhang , Marcão and Ademilson .
Wuhan Three Towns could not rely on the presence of W. Zhang (injured).
Substitutions
Wuhan Three Towns made 5 changes: Y. Yaki for W. Zhang (23′), H. Xu for Davidson (46′), Y. Sang for Ademilson (72′), Luo Senwen for Marcao (72′) and N. Stanciu for Y. Duan (84′).
Best player: Pengfei Xie
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Wuhan Three Towns was Pengfei Xie.
His rating is with 1 goal, 46 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Tianjin Teda – Shandong Luneng – 0-1
- Dalian Professional – Shanghai SIPG – 1-1
- Guangzhou R&F – Wuhan Three Towns – 0-3
