JI’NAN. Wuhan Three Towns and Shandong Luneng draw 1-1. G. Zhunyi scored the first goal (28′) for Wuhan Three Towns. L. Yang equalized (68′). Shandong Luneng was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium stadium in Ji’nan on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Ning Ma assisted by Xiang Shi and Yi Cao. The 4th official was Wei Zhen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.9 degrees Celsius or 73.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Shandong Luneng was in firm control of the ball 64% while Wuhan Three Towns was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Shandong Luneng was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Shandong Luneng to win the match​.

Shandong Luneng shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Wuhan Three Towns shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Shandong Luneng received 2 yellow cards (Zheng Zheng and Son Jun-Ho). Talking about the opposition, Wuhan Three Towns received 2 yellow cards (Liu Yiming and Xie Pengfei).

Standings

After this encounter, Shandong Luneng will have 40 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Wuhan Three Towns will have 44 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Shandong Luneng will play away with Guangzhou Evergrande on the 18th of September with a 14-3 head to head statistic in favor of Guangzhou Evergrande (9 draws).

Wuhan Three Towns will host Dalian Professional on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Shandong Luneng – Formation

Shandong Luneng started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Wei Hao decided to play with the following team: Dalei Wang (6.1), Xiang Ji (6.7), Ke Shi (7.4), Zheng Zheng (7.1), Long Song (6.1), Moisés (7.1), Son Jun ho (7.9), Marouane Fellaini (6.8), Cryzan (6.2), Tianyu Guo (7.0) and Jingdao Jin (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Chen Pu (6.2), Guanxi Li, Jadson (6.8), Binbin Liu (6.4), Tianyu Qi, Hailong Li, Zhang Chi, Yang Liu (7.6), Lisheng Liao (6.7), Rongze Han, Liuyu Duan and Xin Tian.

Shandong Luneng could not rely on the presence of Liu Binbin (injured).

Substitutions

Shandong Luneng made 5 changes: Jin Jingdao for Chen Pu (46′), Guo Tianyu for Liu Yang (46′), M. Fellaini for Jadson (63′), Song Long for Liao Lisheng (63′) and Jadson for Liu Binbin (83′).

Best player: Son Jun ho​

The player that probably impressed the most for Shandong Luneng was Son Jun ho.

His rating is (7.9) with 98 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Wuhan Three Towns – Formation

Wuhan Three Towns started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Pedro Morilla Pineda played with: Fei Wu (7.3), Wallace, WenTao Zhang (7.1), Yiming Liu (6.8), Hang Ren (7.0), Hanwen Deng (7.3), Chao He (7.3), Xiaobing Zhang (7.0), Zhunyi Gao (7.7), Pengfei Xie (7.0) and Davidson (7.3), Zhang Hui (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Xiaofeng Wang, Zhuoxiang Deng, Haoyang Xu (6.4), Fei Xiong, Yifei Sang (6.4), Kuo Yang, Duan Yunzi, Lu Haidong, Wahaf Yusup’Ali, Senwen Luo (6.3) and He Tongshuai.

Wuhan Three Towns could not rely on the presence of H. Xu (injured) and Luo Senwen (injured).

Substitutions

Wuhan Three Towns made 3 changes: Hang Ren for H. Xu (61′), Zhang Hui for Y. Sang (65′) and W. Zhang for Luo Senwen (76′).

Best player: Zhunyi Gao​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Wuhan Three Towns was Zhunyi Gao.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 32 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Beijing Guoan – Hebei CFFC – 3-1
• Meizhou Hakka – Hangzhou – 0-0
• Shandong Luneng – Wuhan Three Towns – 1-1