BEIJING. Beijing Guoan overcomes Guangzhou R&F 1-0 after Z. Xizhe scored just 1 goal (9′). Beijing Guoan was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Zhang Yuning didn’t score a penalty (40′) for Beijing Guoan.
The match was played at the Workers’ Stadium stadium in Beijing on Monday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Chunhan Gu with the collaboration of Jingtao Guo and Tao Huang. The 4th official was Peng Gao. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26 degrees Celsius or 78.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 25 Total 8
- 8 On Target 2
- 17 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 111 Attack 99
- 61 Dangerous attack 14
- 87 Ball safe 93
- 2 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 12
- 0 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 7
Ball possession
Beijing Guoan was in firm control of the ball 63% while Guangzhou R&F was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Beijing Guoan was more pushing with 61 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Beijing Guoan won the match.
Beijing Guoan shot 25 times, 8 on target, 17 off target. Regarding the opposition, Guangzhou R&F shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Beijing Guoan didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Guangzhou R&F received 4 yellow cards (G. Zhang, J. Wu, Fu Yuncheng and J. Han).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Beijing Guoan will have 19 points like Hangzhou and Tianjin Teda to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, Guangzhou R&F will stay with 3 points like Hebei CFFC to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Beijing Guoan will host Shanghai Shenhua on the 26th of August with a 16-10 head to head in favor of Beijing Guoan (6 draws).
Guangzhou R&F will play away agasint Shanghai SIPG on the 9th of September with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of Shanghai SIPG (5 draws).
Beijing Guoan – Formation
Beijing Guoan
63'
9'
Beijing Guoan started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Feng Xie decided to play with the following team: Dehai Zou , Gang Wang , Samir Memisevic , Bai Yang , Naibijiang Mohemati , Marko Dabro , Tianyi Gao , Xizhe Zhang , Zhongguo Chi , Sang-woo Kang and Yuning Zhang .
The home team had on the bench: Chengdong Zhang , Ziming Wang, Huan Liu , Taiyan Jin, Quanbo Guo, Cheng Piao , Yang Yu, Dabao Yu, Yongjing Cao , Sen Hou, Yuda Tian and Liu Guobo.
Beijing Guoan could not rely on the presence of Piao Cheng (injured) and H. Liu (injured).
Substitutions
Beijing Guoan made 5 changes: M. Dabro for Y. Cao (56′), T. Gao for Zhang Chengdong (56′), Zhang Xizhe for Piao Cheng (62′), Bai Yang for H. Liu (63′) and Kang Sang-Woo for Z. Wang (89′).
Best player: Sang-woo Kang
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Beijing Guoan was Sang-woo Kang even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 29 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 4 crosses.
Guangzhou R&F – Formation
Guangzhou R&F
77'
Guangzhou R&F started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Jean-Paul van Gastel played with: Jiaqi Han , Teng Yi , Jihong Jiang , Fu Yuncheng , Wu Junjie , Li Yongjia , Gong Zhang , Yunlong Fan , Tixiang Li , Jown Cardona and Song Wenjie .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Chun Lok Tan , Hong Gui , Zhizhao Chen , Yang Yang, Jin Bo , Peng Wang , Yuelei Cheng, Liao Jiajun, Zhang Jinliang, Ning An, Feng Wei and Yajun Chen.
Substitutions
Guangzhou R&F made 5 changes: G. Zhang for Chen Zhizhao (46′), Song Wenjie for Gui Hong (46′), Fan Yunlong for Jin Bo (59′), Yi Teng for C. Tan (79′) and Y. Li for P. Wang (85′).
Best player: Jiaqi Han
The player that probably impressed the most for Guangzhou R&F was the goalkeeper: Jiaqi Han. His rating is 8.73. He saved 2 penalties. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
