SHIJIAZHUANG. Cangzhou Mighty Lions overcomes Guangzhou Evergrande with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Yiming (52′) and a goal from X. Liu (66′).

The match was played at the Yutong International Sports Center stadium in Shijiazhuang on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Zhenlu Shi with the help of Meilin Zhang and Xihong Wang. The 4th official was Xiaohu Hei. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.9 degrees Celsius or 82.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Cangzhou

2 - 0

Guangzhou Evergrande

  • 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
  • 12 Total 20
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 10 Off Target 17
  • 1 Shots blocked 4
  • 105 Attack 96
  • 21 Dangerous attack 40
  • 79 Ball safe 76
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 3
  • 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 10 Total 14
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Cangzhou Mighty Lions was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Guangzhou Evergrande that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Guangzhou Evergrande had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Cangzhou Mighty Lions was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Cangzhou Mighty Lions shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Guangzhou Evergrande shot 20 times, 3 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

Cangzhou Mighty Lions didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Guangzhou Evergrande received 1 yellow card (Wei Shihao).

Match Timeline

52'
Fuyu Ma- sub ->Zang Yifeng
62'
Xinyu Liu(goal)
66'
71'
77'
77'
78'
Shengxiong Zheng- sub ->G. Huang
86'
Zili Zhang- sub ->X. Zhang
86'
Wenzhe Zhao- sub ->S. Wang
86'
Jiaheng Li- sub ->Yang Liyu
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Wuhan Three Towns
78
34
Shandong Taishan
78
34
Chengdu Rongcheng
65
34
Hangzhou
62
33
Shanghai Port
62
33
Beijing Guoan
58
33
Henan Songshan Longmen
56
33
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
49
33
Meizhou Hakka
49
34
Shanghai Shenhua
47
34
Dalian Pro
45
34
Changchun Yatai
44
34
Cangzhou
44
34
Shenzhen
30
33
Guangzhou R&F
23
34
Wuhan Yangtze
19
34
Guangzhou Evergrande
17
34
Hebei CFFC
-3
34

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Cangzhou Mighty Lions will host Shandong Luneng on the 3rd of September with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Shandong Luneng (0 draws).

Guangzhou Evergrande will host Chengdu Rongcheng on the 3rd of September with a 0-0 head to head record.

Cangzhou Mighty Lions – Formation

Cangzhou
G
Puliang Shao 14.China
7.3
D
Xiaotian Yang 28.China
7.2
D
Yang Liu 30.China
7.1
D
Shihao Piao 17.China
7.2
D
Yiming Yang 23.China
8.1
52'
D
Z. Chen 31.China PR
7.0
77'
M
Kaimu Zheng 16.China
6.8
M
Xinyu Liu 20.China
6.8
71' 66'
M
Sabit Abdusalam 15.China
6.8
77'
M
Zang Yifeng 7.China
6.8
62'
F
Oscar Taty Maritu 10.DR Congo
7.2
Substitutes
G
Feng Han 29.China
D
Hao Guo 22.China
6.8
77'
D
P. Wang 2.China PR
D
H. Cao 3.China PR
D
Yue Zhang 25.China
D
Z. Jiang 21.China PR
6.4
77'
M
Fuyu Ma 27.China
7.0
62'
M
Bughrahan Iskandar 11.China
6.3
71'
F
He Youzu 24.China
F
M. Anwar 37.China PR
F
X. Zhao 32.China PR
F
Stefan Mihajlovic 9.Serbia

Cangzhou Mighty Lions started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Svetozar Šapurić decided to play with the following team: Puliang Shao (7.3), Piao Shihao (7.2), Chen Zhongliu (7.0), Yang Yiming (8.1), Yang Liu (7.1), Xiaotian Yang (7.2), Xinyu Liu (6.8), Kaimu Zheng (6.8), Sabit Abdusalam (6.8), Zang Yifeng (6.8) and Oscar Taty Maritu (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Hao Guo (6.8), Wang Peng, Youzu He, Fuyu Ma (7.0), Anwar Memet-Ali, Haiqing Cao, Feng Han, Yue Zhang, Zhe Jiang (6.4), Xuebin Zhao, Bughrahan Iskandar (6.3) and Stefan Mihajlović.

Substitutions

Cangzhou Mighty Lions made 4 changes: Zang Yifeng for F. Ma (62′), X. Liu for B. Iskandar (71′), S. Abdusalam for Guo Hao (77′) and Chen Zhongliu for Jiang Zhe (77′).

Best player: Yang Yiming​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cangzhou Mighty Lions was Yang Yiming.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 41 passes (97% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Guangzhou Evergrande – Formation

Guangzhou Evergrande
G
Shibo Liu 1.China
6.8
D
Yang Li 6.China
6.4
D
S. Wang 20.China PR
6.3
86'
D
S. Wei 27.China PR
7.3
D
M. Wei 36.China PR
7.0
M
Xiuwei Zhang 8.China
7.8
86'
M
Liyu Yang 17.China
6.8
86'
M
Yan Dinghao 15.China
7.2
M
G. Huang 39.China PR
7.0
78'
M
Shihao Wei 7.China
7.4
90'
F
J. Ling 28.China PR
6.5
68'
Substitutes
G
J. Zhang 19.China PR
D
R. Chen 38.China PR
D
Q. Chen 4.China PR
D
W. Wang 35.China PR
D
W. Zhao 3.China PR
6.1
86'
D
H. Fan 18.China PR
M
Y. Hou 34.China PR
M
Z. Zhang 14.China PR
6.8
86'
M
S. Zheng 21.China PR
7.2
78'
M
Mingmin Cai 33.China
M
J. Li 23.China PR
6.1
86'

Guangzhou Evergrande started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Zhiyu Liu played with: Shibo Liu (6.8), Shilong Wang (6.3), Li Yang (6.4), Wei Minghe (7.0), Wei Suowei (7.3), Dinghao Yan (7.2), Guangliang Huang (7.0), Liyu Yang (6.8), Xiuwei Zhang (7.8), Shihao Wei (7.4) and Ling Jie (6.5).

They had on the bench: Rijin Chen, Yu Hou, Zhang Zili (6.8), Chen Quangjiang, Zifeng Xie (7.1), Wang Wenxuan, Zhang Jianzhi, Wenzhe Zhao (6.1), Zheng Shengxiong (7.2), Fan Hengbo, Mingmin Cai and Jiaheng Li (6.1).

Substitutions

Guangzhou Evergrande made 5 changes: J. Ling for Xie Zifeng (68′), G. Huang for S. Zheng (78′), X. Zhang for Z. Zhang (86′), S. Wang for W. Zhao (86′) and Yang Liyu for J. Li (86′).

Best player: Xiuwei Zhang​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Guangzhou Evergrande was Xiuwei Zhang.

His rating is (7.8) with 37 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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