SIDNEY. Henan Jianye beats Shenzhen with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Keqiang (31′) and a goal from T. Šunjić (72′).

F. Acheampong didn’t convert a decisive penalty (36′). That would have allowed Shenzhen to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Pennant Hills Park stadium in Sidney on Saturday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Zhenlu Shi with the assistance of Fei Zhou and Kexi Ma. The 4th official was Xiaohu Hei. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Shenzhen was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Henan Jianye that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Henan Jianye was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Henan Jianye won the match.​

Shenzhen shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Henan Jianye shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Shenzhen received 1 yellow card (Yang Boyu). On the other side, Henan Jianye received 4 yellow cards (Chen Keqiang, G. Carrillo, Huang Zichang and Pina).

Standings

After this match, Shenzhen will stay with 24 points to remain in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Henan Jianye will have 40 points like Shanghai SIPG to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

Shenzhen – Formation

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

The manager Xiaorui Zhang decided to play with the following team: Lu Zhang (6.1), Yeljan Shinar (6.7), Boyu Yang (6.6), Chae-min Im (6.5), Zhang Yuan (6.6), Romain Alessandrini (7.0), Yue Xu (6.4), Yuanyi Li (6.8), Dai Wei Jun (6.2), Frank Acheampong (6.6) and Lin Gao (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Zhang Yuan (6.6), Yuezheng Du, Chunyu Dong, Haofeng Xu, Mincheng Yuan, Yongpo Wang, Ruifeng Huang, Ke Sun, Xingyu Wu, Qiang Jin, Hujahmat Shahsat and Yue Liu.

Substitutions

Shenzhen made 5 changes: Dai Wai-Tsun for Sun Ke (37′), Gao Lin for Zhang Yuan II (69′), R. Alessandrini for Du Yuezheng (86′), Zhang Yuan I for Yuan Mincheng (86′) and Xu Yue for Shahsat Hujahmat (86′).

Best player: Lin Gao​

The most impressive player for Shenzhen was Lin Gao.

His rating is (7.0) with 15 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Henan Jianye – Formation

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

Francisco Javier Pereira Mejía played with: Gouming Wang (7.9), Boxuan Feng (7.3), Toni Šunjić (8.0), Shuai Yang (7.4), Zhao Ke (6.7), Tomás Pina (7.2), Zichang Huang (6.8), Shangyuan Wang (7.2), Adrian Mierzejewski (8.1), Chen Keqiang (7.2) and Guido Carrillo (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Luiz Fernando da Silva Monte, Dong Han, Ziyi Niu, Haoran Wang, Junwei Zheng, Xingyu Ma, Jiahui Liu, Xiaotian Shi, Xin Luo, Jinbao Zhong, Cao Gu and Liu Yixin.

Substitutions

Henan Jianye made 4 changes: Ke Zhao for Niu Ziyi (67′), Chen Keqiang for Han Dong (70′), G. Carrillo for Fernando Karanga (71′) and Huang Zichang for Zhong Jinbao (80′).

Best player: Adrian Mierzejewski​

The player that probably impressed the most for Henan Jianye was Adrian Mierzejewski even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 45 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 5 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