SIDNEY. Cangzhou Mighty Lions and Guangzhou R&F didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the Pennant Hills Park stadium in Sidney on Saturday and it started at 11:00 pm local time. The referee was Ning Ma with the collaboration of Xiang Shi and Yi Cao. The 4th official was Lei Sun. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 14.6 degrees Celsius or 58.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Cangzhou Mighty Lions was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Guangzhou R&F that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Guangzhou R&F had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 0 were on target. However, that was not enough Guangzhou R&F to win the match​.

Cangzhou Mighty Lions shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Guangzhou R&F shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Cangzhou Mighty Lions received 1 yellow card (S. Sunzu). On the other side, Guangzhou R&F received 3 yellow cards (Jiang Jihong, Tang Miao and J. Cardona).

Standings

After playing this match, Cangzhou Mighty Lions will have 22 points to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Guangzhou R&F will have 11 points to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Cangzhou Mighty Lions will host Wuhan Yangtze on the 20th of November with a 3-3 head to head.

Guangzhou R&F will play away agasint Chengdu Rongcheng on the 5th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Chengdu Rongcheng (0 draws).

Cangzhou Mighty Lions – Formation

Cangzhou Mighty Lions adopted the 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Svetozar Šapurić decided to play with the following team: Puliang Shao (6.6), Piao Shihao (6.9), Yun Yang (7.4), Stoppila Sunzu (7.2), Peng Wang (7.3), Haiqing Cao (6.6), Oscar Taty Maritu (7.0), Chuangyi Lin (7.0), Sabit Abdusalam (6.9), Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere (6.3) and José Kanté (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Georgy Zhukov (6.8), Hong Li, Hao Guo, Jing Luo, Xiaotian Yang, Zhe Jiang, Feng Han, Zhongliu Chen, Yiming Yang, Xinyu Liu, Fuyu Ma (6.6) and Zang Yifeng (6.5).

Cangzhou Mighty Lions could not rely on the presence of Zang Yifeng (injured).

Substitutions

Cangzhou Mighty Lions made 5 changes: S. Abdusalam for G. Zhukov (71′), D. Owusu-Sekyere for Zang Yifeng (71′), Piao Shihao for Jiang Zhe (84′), Cao Haiqing for Yang Xiaotian (84′) and O. Taty Maritu for F. Ma (87′).

Best player: Yun Yang​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cangzhou Mighty Lions was Yun Yang.

His rating is (7.4) with 62 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Guangzhou R&F – Formation

Also Guangzhou R&F adopted the 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Jean-Paul van Gastel played with: Jiaqi Han (6.8), Liao Jiajun (6.8), Teng Yi (7.3), Miao Tang (6.2), Jihong Jiang (6.2), Ning An (6.9), Guilherme (7.4), Li Yongjia (6.8), Gong Zhang (6.7), Chugui Ye (6.5) and Hong Gui (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Feiya Chang, Tixiang Li, Junjie Wu, Yang Yang, Zhizhao Chen, Jown Cardona (6.2), Peng Wang (6.8), Yongjun Wen, Song Wenjie (6.4), Fu Yuncheng (6.4), Yuelei Cheng and Bo Jin.

Guangzhou R&F could not rely on the presence of Li Tixiang (injured).

Substitutions

Guangzhou R&F made 5 changes: Guilherme for J. Cardona (67′), Ning An for Fu Yuncheng (67′), Y. Li for P. Wang (67′), Gui Hong for Song Wenjie (76′) and G. Zhang for Li Tixiang (81′).

Best player: Guilherme​

The player that probably impressed the most for Guangzhou R&F was Guilherme.

His rating is (7.4) with 36 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Cangzhou Mighty Lions – Guangzhou R&F – 0-0
• Tianjin Teda – Wuhan Three Towns – 0-1
• Henan Jianye – Hebei CFFC – 1-0