XUZHOU. Hangzhou was ultimately too much to handle for Guangzhou Evergrande with the goal of F. Andrijasevic was the star player of the match after he scored in the 2nd and 90th minute. F. Andrijasevic (2′), U. D. Ewolo (49′) and F. Andrijasevic (90′). Hangzhou capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Xuzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium stadium in Xuzhou on Thursday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Di Wang with the support of Fei Zhou and Bo Deng. The 4th official was Gang Chen. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.7 degrees Celsius or 71.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Hangzhou was in firm control of the ball 58% while Guangzhou Evergrande was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Guangzhou Evergrande was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Hangzhou succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Hangzhou shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Guangzhou Evergrande shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Hangzhou didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Guangzhou Evergrande received 1 yellow card (Y. Li).

Standings

After playing this match, Hangzhou will have 26 points like Meizhou Hakka to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Guangzhou Evergrande will stay with 10 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Hangzhou will play away against Chengdu Rongcheng on the 18th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Guangzhou Evergrande will host Tianjin Teda on the 9th of September with a 16-3 head to head in favor of Guangzhou Evergrande (3 draws).

Hangzhou – Formation

Hangzhou started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Jordi Vinyals Martori decided to play with the following team: Chao Gu (7.6), Yu Dong (7.1), Nok Hang Leung (7.1), Lucas Possignolo (7.2), Yue Xin (7.6), Jiaqi Zhang (6.7), Ulrich Ewolo (7.2), Junsheng Yao (7.4), Franko Andrijašević (8.7), Di Gao (7.0) and Nyasha Mushekwi (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Matheus (6.7), Lai Jinfeng, Bin Gu (8.3), Abdusalam Ablikim, Wu Yuhang, Dongsheng Wang (6.7), Wei Long (6.9), Sun Zheng’ao, Zhong Haoran, Wang Yang, Eysajan Kurban and Zhao Bo.

Substitutions

Hangzhou made 4 changes: Yao Junsheng for Gu Bin (46′), Zhang Jiaqi for W. Long (69′), N. Mushekwi for Matheus (69′) and Dong Yu for D. Wang (77′).

Best player: Franko Andrijašević​

The most impressive player for Hangzhou was Franko Andrijašević.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 42 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Guangzhou Evergrande – Formation

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

Zhiyu Liu played with: Liu Shibo, Zhang Jianzhi (6.4), Fan Hengbo (6.4), Li Yang (6.3), Xuepeng Li (6.7), Hao Rong (6.4), Xiuwei Zhang (6.6), Guangliang Huang (6.7), Dinghao Yan (7.1), Shihao Wei (6.3) and Liyu Yang (7.0), Ling Jie (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Zheng Shengxiong, He Xinjie, Mingmin Cai (6.2), Wei Suowei, Wan Likai, Jiaheng Li, Zifeng Xie (6.6), Rijin Chen, Shilong Wang, Wenzhe Zhao (6.8) and Yu Hou (6.4).

Guangzhou Evergrande could not rely on the presence of W. Zhao (injured).

Substitutions

Guangzhou Evergrande made 4 changes: X. Zhang for M. Cai (46′), Li Xuepeng for W. Zhao (49′), G. Huang for Hou Yu (62′) and J. Ling for Xie Zifeng (77′).

Best player: Dinghao Yan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Guangzhou Evergrande was Dinghao Yan.

His rating is (7.1) with 59 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Hangzhou – Guangzhou Evergrande – 3-0
• Changchun Yatai – Chengdu Rongcheng – 0-1
• Cangzhou Mighty Lions – Shanghai SIPG – 0-0
• Dalian Professional – Shenzhen – 5-1