Meizhou Hakka tops Guangzhou Evergrande 3-1

RUNDU. Meizhou Hakka conquers Guangzhou Evergrande 3-1.

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David Brown
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Meizhou Hakka tops Guangzhou Evergrande 3-1

RUNDU. Meizhou Hakka tops Guangzhou Evergrande 3-1. Meizhou Hakka got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Y. Yang (24′) and A. Vukanovic (33′). Guangzhou Evergrande tried to recover with a goal from Yang Liyu (70′). However, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by A. Vukanovic for Meizhou Hakka. Guangzhou Evergrande lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Rundu Stadium stadium in Rundu on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Jing Wang with the collaboration of Kexi Ma and Haijun Zhang. The 4th official was Zhao Liu. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 35.9 degrees Celsius or 96.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 7%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Guangzhou Evergrande

1 - 3

Team 1

Meizhou Hakka

  • 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
  • 9 Total 11
  • 1 On Target 5
  • 8 Off Target 6
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 97 Attack 113
  • 55 Dangerous attack 42
  • 86 Ball safe 73
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 4
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 13 Total 15
  • 3 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Guangzhou Evergrande had a superior ball possession 57% while Meizhou Hakka was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Guangzhou Evergrande was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, Meizhou Hakka succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Guangzhou Evergrande shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Meizhou Hakka shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Guangzhou Evergrande received 3 yellow cards (Wei Shihao, Y. Li and Huang Bowen). Talking about the opposition, Meizhou Hakka received 4 yellow cards (R. Henrique, A. Vukanovic, Shi Liang and W. Wang).

Match Timeline

24'
33'
40'
40'
46'
57'
59'
Wei Wang- sub ->Y. Guo
64'
65'
66'
68'
Rodrigo Henrique- Yellow
68'
70'
74'
Guokang Chen- sub ->Y. Yang
74'
76'
Liang Shi - Yellow
80'
90'
Yihu Yang- sub ->T. Yue
90'
Wei Wang- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Wuhan Three Towns
78
34
Shandong Taishan
78
34
Chengdu Rongcheng
65
34
Hangzhou
62
33
Shanghai Port
62
33
Beijing Guoan
58
33
Henan Songshan Longmen
56
33
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
49
33
Meizhou Hakka
49
34
Shanghai Shenhua
47
34
Dalian Pro
45
34
Changchun Yatai
44
34
Cangzhou
44
34
Shenzhen
30
33
Guangzhou R&F
23
34
Wuhan Yangtze
19
34
Guangzhou Evergrande
17
34
Hebei CFFC
-3
34

After this contest, Guangzhou Evergrande will stay with 12 points to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Meizhou Hakka will have 33 points to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande will host Henan Jianye on the 4th of November with a 17-4 head to head in favor of Guangzhou Evergrande (4 draws).

Meizhou Hakka will play away agasint Dalian Professional on the 5th of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Meizhou Hakka (0 draws).

Guangzhou Evergrande – Formation

Guangzhou Evergrande
G
J. Zhang 19.China PR
6.1
D
H. Rong 44.China PR
6.5
D
Yang Li 6.China
6.8
65'
D
Wu Shaocong 5.China
6.8
D
H. Fan 18.China PR
6.8
M
Junmin Hao 46.China
6.7
46'
M
Yan Dinghao 15.China
6.9
M
Y. Hou 34.China PR
6.2
40'
F
Liyu Yang 17.China
7.1
Goals70'
F
Kaiyuan Tan 40.China
6.1
40'
F
Shihao Wei 7.China
6.6
64' 57'
Substitutes
G
J. Zhang 42.China PR
G
S. Huo 32.China PR
D
J. Ling 28.China PR
6.3
40'
D
C. Zhang 43.China PR
6.6
80'
D
S. Wang 20.China PR
D
W. Zhao 3.China PR
M
J. Li 23.China PR
M
Afrden Asqer 22.China
7.0
64'
M
B. Huang 9.China PR
6.8
46' 66'
M
B. Xu 41.China PR
M
Mingmin Cai 33.China
6.7
40'

Guangzhou Evergrande started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Zhi Zheng decided to play with the following team: Zhang Jianzhi (6.1), Fan Hengbo (6.8), Li Yang (6.8), Shaocong Wu (6.8), Hao Rong (6.5), Yu Hou (6.2), Junmin Hao (6.7), Dinghao Yan (6.9), Liyu Yang (7.1), Kaiyuan Tan (6.1) and Shihao Wei (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Jihao Zhang, Huo Shenping, Zifeng Xie, Ling Jie (6.3), Chenglin Zhang (6.6), Shilong Wang, Jiaheng Li, Wenzhe Zhao, Afrden Asqer (7.0), Bowen Huang (6.8), Xu Bin and Mingmin Cai (6.7).

Substitutions

Guangzhou Evergrande made 5 changes: Hou Yu for M. Cai (40′), K. Tan for J. Ling (40′), Hao Junmin for Huang Bowen (46′), Wei Shihao for A. Asqer (64′) and M. Cai for Zhang Chenglin (80′).

Best player: Liyu Yang​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Guangzhou Evergrande was Liyu Yang.

His rating is (7.1) with 1 goal, 23 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Meizhou Hakka – Formation

Meizhou Hakka
G
Y. Hou 22.China PR
6.4
D
Junjian Liao 6.China
6.2
D
R. Dugalić 20.Serbia
7.3
D
Zhechao Chen 15.China
6.7
D
Tze-Nam Yue 29.Hong Kong
7.2
90'
M
Nebojsa Kosovic 27.Montenegro
7.4
M
Rodrigo Henrique 25.Brazil
7.3
74' 68'
M
Liang Shi  13.China
6.5
76'
M
Yang Yilin 19.China
7.0
74' Goals24'
M
Y. Guo 7.China PR
7.1
59'
F
Aleksa Vukanovic 9.Serbia
7.4
68' Goals33', 90'
Substitutes
G
Gaoling Mai 1.China
D
Wei Wang 21.China
6.5
59' 90'
D
Yihu Yang 17.China
90'
D
S. Liu 33.China PR
D
Wei Cui 23.China
D
Junjie Wen 2.China
D
Junfeng Li 3.China
M
Guokang Chen 37.China
6.8
74'
M
H. Cai 28.China PR
F
C. Egbuchulam 11.Nigeria
6.3
74'
F
X. Liang 8.China PR
F
Chaosheng Yang 16.China

Meizhou Hakka started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Milan Ristić played with: Hou Yu (6.4), Tze-Nam Yue (7.2), Liao Junjian (6.2), Rade Dugalić (7.3), Zhechao Chen (6.7), Liang Shi (6.5), Nebojša Kosović (7.4), Yi Guo (7.2), Rodrigo Henrique (7.3), Yilin Yang (7.0) and Aleksa Vukanović (7.4).

They had on the bench: Wei Wang (7.0), Yihu Yang, Chisom Egbuchulam (6.3), Sheng Liu, Xueming Liang, Wei Cui, Guokang Chen (6.8), Wen Junjie, Li Junfeng, Chaosheng Yang, Mai Gaoling and Haochang Cai.

Meizhou Hakka could not rely on the presence of Shi Liang (injured).

Substitutions

Meizhou Hakka made 4 changes: Y. Guo for W. Wang (59′), Y. Yang for G. Chen (74′), R. Henrique for C. Egbuchulam (74′) and T. Yue for Yang Yihu (90′).

Best player: Nebojša Kosović​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Meizhou Hakka was Nebojša Kosović even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 31 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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