DALIAN. Cangzhou Mighty Lions prevailed over Shanghai Shenhua to win 2-1. It was Cangzhou Mighty Lions to strike first with a goal of Piao Shihao at the 35′. Then J. Kanté scored again for Cangzhou Mighty Lions in the 46′ minute. Eventually, Liu Ruofan reduced the distance for Shanghai Shenhua (51′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Shanghai Shenhua lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Jinzhou Stadium stadium in Dalian on Saturday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Li Ma who was helped by Wei Zhao and Xiaofei Su. The 4th official was Shengyu Sun. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11 degrees Celsius or 51.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 10 Total 12
- 4 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 126 Attack 89
- 53 Dangerous attack 38
- 73 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 19
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Shanghai Shenhua had a strong ball possession 59% while Cangzhou Mighty Lions was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Shanghai Shenhua was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Cangzhou Mighty Lions was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Shanghai Shenhua shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Cangzhou Mighty Lions shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Shanghai Shenhua received 2 yellow cards (Jiang Shenglong and Jin Yangyang). On the opposite side, Cangzhou Mighty Lions received 3 yellow cards (Wang Peng, Li Hong and J. Kanté).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Shanghai Shenhua will stay with 41 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Cangzhou Mighty Lions will have 25 points to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
Shanghai Shenhua – Formation
Shanghai Shenhua
46'
90'
51'
Shanghai Shenhua started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Jingui Wu decided to play with the following team: Cheng Zeng , Denny Wang Yi , Liao Jiajun , Shenglong Jiang , Teng Yi , Yangyang Jin , Jiajun Bai , Jihong Jiang , Haijian Wang , Chang Feiya , Alexander N’Doumbou , Xinli Peng , Gong Zhang , Baojie Zhu , Tixiang Li , Christian Bassogog and Ruofan Liu .
The home team had on the bench: Zhen Ma, Sheng Qin, Xu Yougang, Hanchao Yu , Xiaoting Feng, Lu Zhang , Aidi Fulang Xisi, Xi Wu , Jianrong Zhu , Shilin Sun, Miller Bolaños , Xu Yang, Xu Yang , Yikai Huang , Chun Lok Tan, Peng Wang, Li Yongjia , Liu Jiqiang and Song Wenjie .
Substitutions
Shanghai Shenhua made 5 changes: Wang Haijian for Wu Xi (46′), Zhu Baojie for Yu Hanchao (46′), D. Wang Yi for Zhang Lu (63′), Peng Xinli for Zhu Jianrong (68′) and Liu Ruofan for Yang Xu (88′).
Best player: Miller Bolaños
The most impressive player for Shanghai Shenhua was Miller Bolaños.
His rating is with 31 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.
Cangzhou Mighty Lions – Formation
Cangzhou
Cangzhou Mighty Lions started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Svetozar Šapurić played with: Puliang Shao , Yaxiong Bao , Piao Shihao , Jing Liu , Yun Yang , Peng Wang , Ximing Pan , Hong Li , Xiaotian Yang , Oscar Taty Maritu , Liao Wei , Georgy Zhukov , Xuchen Yao , Sabit Abdusalam , Chen Yunhha , Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere and José Kanté .
These were the players on the bench: Yang Yiming , Haiqing Cao, Fuyu Ma, Zang Yifeng, Luo Jing, Hao Guo , Chuangyi Lin, Feng Han, Chen Zhongliu, Zhe Jiang, Xinyu Liu, Stoppila Sunzu , Zhe Jiang , Chuangyi Lin , Xinyu Liu, Liu Runnan , Yang Yixuan, Wei Yuren, Gao Yunan , Zhang Wei and Shipeng Luo .
Substitutions
Cangzhou Mighty Lions made 4 changes: Li Hong for Yang Yiming (69′), Sabit Abdusalam for Lin Chuangyi (74′), D. Owusu for S. Sunzu (74′) and J. Kanté for Liu Xinyu (90′).
Best player: Piao Shihao
The most impressive player for Cangzhou Mighty Lions was Piao Shihao even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 31 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Beijing Guoan – Guangzhou Evergrande – 4-1
- Changchun Yatai – Meizhou Hakka – 1-0
- Tianjin Teda – Hangzhou – 1-2
- Hebei CFFC – Guangzhou R&F – 0-4
- Wuhan Three Towns – Chengdu Rongcheng – 0-1
- Shanghai Shenhua – Cangzhou Mighty Lions – 1-2
- Shenzhen – Henan Jianye – 0-2
