CANTON. Wuhan Yangtze had an adventurous win over Guangzhou R&F. The hero of the match was who scored in the 2nd, 6th, 12th, 16th and 87th minute.
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 Qi Xing with the collaboration of Fei Zhou and Kai Sun. The 4th official was Xing Guan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28 degrees Celsius or 82.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 7 Total 9
- 3 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 98 Attack 112
- 32 Dangerous attack 51
- 27 Ball safe 30
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 8
Fouls
- 11 Total 19
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 7
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Guangzhou R&F was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Wuhan Yangtze that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Wuhan Yangtze was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Wuhan Yangtze won the match.
Guangzhou R&F shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Wuhan Yangtze shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Guangzhou R&F received 2 yellow cards (Chen Zhizhao and J. Liao). On the other side, Wuhan Yangtze received 1 yellow card (Hu Jinghang).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Guangzhou R&F will play away against Meizhou Hakka on the 17th of August with a 0-0 head to head.
Wuhan Yangtze will host Beijing Guoan on the 17th of August with a 7-0 head to head in favor of Beijing Guoan (1 draw).
Guangzhou R&F – Formation
Guangzhou R&F
67'
82'
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 , Jown Cardona , Zhizhao Chen , Li Yongjia , Song Wenjie and Tixiang Li .
The home team had on the bench: Feng Wei , Hong Gui, Peng Wang , Jin Bo, Ning An, Yang Yang , Wenhao Long, Miao Tang, Yajun Chen , Chun Lok Tan , Zhang Jinliang and Yunlong Fan.
Guangzhou R&F could not rely on the presence of C. Tan (injured).
Substitutions
Guangzhou R&F made 5 changes: Chen Zhizhao for C. Tan (56′), Y. Li for P. Wang (72′), J. Cardona for F. Wei (73′), G. Zhang for Y. Chen (82′) and Song Wenjie for Y. Yang (82′).
Best player: Jown Cardona
The most impressive player for Guangzhou R&F was Jown Cardona.
His rating is with 30 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 19.
Wuhan Yangtze – Formation
Wuhan Yangtze
87'
Wuhan Yangtze started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Jinyu Li played with: Zhifeng Wang , Tian Ming , Peng Li , Bruno Viana , Dong Xu , Aoshuang Nie , ZhongQiu Ye , Hu Jinghang , Asmir Kajević , Zhang Huajun and Felicio Brown Forbes .
These were the players on the bench: Gao Xiang, Xuheng Huang, Chen Yuhao, Rentian Hu , Chao Li, Jingbin Wang , Yun Liu , Yi Luo, Xuan Han, Liu Shangkun, Hu Jiali and Da Wen .
Wuhan Yangtze could not rely on the presence of Liu Yun (injured).
Substitutions
Wuhan Yangtze made 5 changes: A. Kajevic for Hu Rentian (46′), Ye Chongqiu for Hu Jiali (74′), H. Zhang for Liu Yun (74′), Hu Jinghang for Wang Jingbin (79′) and F. Brown for D. Wen (85′).
Best player: Felicio Brown Forbes
The player that probably impressed the most for Wuhan Yangtze was Felicio Brown Forbes.
His rating is with 3 goals, 29 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
