CHANGSHU SHI. Shandong Luneng defeated Wuhan Yangtze to win 2-1. C. Pu was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Shandong Luneng to strike first with a goal of Chen Pu at the 50′. Then Chen Pu scored again for Shandong Luneng in the 56′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, A. Kajevic reduced the distance for Wuhan Yangtze a penalty (70′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Shandong Luneng was surely superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Changshu Sports Centre Stadium stadium in Changshu Shi on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Jin Wang with the collaboration of Chengjun Hu and Tao Huang. The 4th official was Zhiliang Jia.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 5 Total 19
- 3 On Target 2
- 2 Off Target 17
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 106 Attack 168
- 23 Dangerous attack 48
- 90 Ball safe 111
- 1 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 5
Fouls
- 14 Total 18
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 7
Ball possession
Shandong Luneng was in firm control of the ball 62% while Wuhan Yangtze was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Shandong Luneng was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Shandong Luneng won the encounter.
Wuhan Yangtze shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Shandong Luneng shot 19 times, 2 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Wuhan Yangtze received 2 yellow cards (F. Brown and B. Viana). Regarding the opposition, Shandong Luneng received 1 yellow card (Chen Pu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Wuhan Yangtze will stay with 17 points to remain in the 11th place. On the other side, Shandong Luneng will have 39 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Wuhan Yangtze will host Shenzhen on the 5th of September with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Wuhan Yangtze (1 draw).
Shandong Luneng will play away agasint Shenzhen on the 13th of November with a 13-1 head to head stats in favor of Shandong Luneng (4 draws).
Wuhan Yangtze – Formation
Wuhan Yangtze adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jinyu Li decided to play with the following team: Zhang Zhenqiang , Tian Ming , Peng Li , Bruno Viana , Dong Xu , Aoshuang Nie , ZhongQiu Ye , Hu Jinghang , Asmir Kajević , Yun Liu and Felicio Brown Forbes .
The home team had on the bench: Jingbin Wang, Nihmat Nihat, Zhang Huajun , Liu Shangkun, Hu Jiali, Chen Yuhao , Rentian Hu , Yi Luo, Gao Xiang, Xuan Han, Chao Li and Li Hang.
Substitutions
Wuhan Yangtze made 3 changes: Hu Jinghang for Y. Chen (61′), Liu Yun for H. Zhang (61′) and F. Brown for Hu Rentian (61′).
Best player: ZhongQiu Ye
The most impressive player for Wuhan Yangtze was ZhongQiu Ye.
His rating is with 40 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.
Shandong Luneng – Formation
Also Shandong Luneng adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Wei Hao played with: Dalei Wang , Xiang Ji , Ke Shi , Zheng Zheng , Yang Liu , Son Jun ho , Moisés , Jingdao Jin , Cryzan , Chen Pu and Tianyu Guo .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rongze Han, Tianyu Qi, Cong Huang, Lisheng Liao, Guanxi Li, Zhang Chi, Liuyu Duan , Binbin Liu , Marouane Fellaini and Hailong Li.
Substitutions
Shandong Luneng made 5 changes: Crysan for M. Fellaini (46′), Jin Jingdao for Liu Binbin (70′), Chen Pu for Duan Liuyu (80′), Moises for Qi Tianyu (89′) and Guo Tianyu for Liao Lisheng (90′).
Best player: Chen Pu
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Shandong Luneng was Chen Pu.
His rating is with 2 goals, 33 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Wuhan Yangtze – Shandong Luneng – 1-2
- Shanghai SIPG – Tianjin Teda – 1-0
- Guangzhou R&F – Chengdu Rongcheng – 1-2