Ningbo Professional

Match report

Guangxi Hancheng moved up to third in League One with a 2-4 victory over Ningbo Professional at the Regular Season-17 fixture on 1 August 2026. The visitors carried their form into the final third, finishing 10 points clear of the hosts at the halfway stage.

Noel Mbo opened the scoring in the eleventh minute before Pang Kaiyuan found the net shortly after the interval. Mbo added a second in the forty-ninth minute, and by then Guangxi had extended their unbeaten run to eight matches. Chen Dongtao and Loic Lapoussin both found the back of the net in the second half, with Men Yang scoring in the eightieth minute to seal the result.

Ningbo Professional paid for a sloppy opening, conceding twice before the break. They earned a yellow card each for Lyu Jiaqiang and Liu Yue, who was substituted in the forty-first minute. The visitors also saw Wei Chaolun booked, while a red card was shown to one of their players though the timing is not recorded.

And here's the thing about the statistics — Ningbo Professional held 58 per cent possession but created only one big chance compared to two for Guangxi. The hosts registered six shots on target against five for the visitors, yet the away side's 56 per cent accuracy told a different story. Ningbo Professional made 23 tackles to 25 for Guangxi, but the visitors were sharper when it mattered.

The result leaves Guangxi Hancheng in third place with 36 points from 21 games, while Ningbo Professional remain ninth on 26 points. The visitors have now gone unbeaten in five league matches, extending a run that began after their heavy defeat to Shandong Taishan in June.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 58.00 – 42

Shots on target 6 – 5

Shots off target 5 – 2

Big chances 1 – 2

⚽ 11' Noel Mbo — Goal 🟨 27' Lyu Jiaqiang — Yellow card 🟨 39' Liu Yue — Yellow card ⇄ 41' Liu Yue — Substitution ⚽ 42' Pang Kaiyuan — Goal ⇄ 45' Liang Yibin — Substitution ⚽ 49' Noel Mbo — Goal 🟨 56' Noel Mbo — Yellow card 🟨 57' Wei Chaolun — Yellow card ⇄ 58' Bai Jiajun — Substitution ⇄ 58' Ren Kangkang — Substitution ⚽ 63' Chen Dongtao — Goal ⚽ 68' Loic Lapoussin — Goal ⇄ 73' Pang Kaiyuan — Substitution ⚽ 80' Men Yang — Goal ⇄ 83' Rati Ardazishvili — Substitution

Match events

11' 0:1 Guangxi Hengchen Goal Noel Mbo assist: Loic Lapoussin
27' 0:1 Guangxi Hengchen Yellow card Lyu Jiaqiang
39' 0:1 Ningbo Professional Yellow card Liu Yue
41' 0:1 Ningbo Professional Substitution Liu Yue off: Shang Kefeng
42' 1:1 Ningbo Professional Goal Pang Kaiyuan
45' 1:1 Guangxi Hengchen Substitution Liang Yibin off: Rati Ardazishvili
49' 1:2 Guangxi Hengchen Goal Noel Mbo assist: Rati Ardazishvili
56' 1:2 Guangxi Hengchen Yellow card Noel Mbo
57' 1:2 Guangxi Hengchen Yellow card Wei Chaolun
58' 1:2 Ningbo Professional Substitution Bai Jiajun off: Chen Ao
58' 1:2 Guangxi Hengchen Substitution Ren Kangkang off: Cen Liyi
63' 1:3 Guangxi Hengchen Goal Chen Dongtao assist: Rati Ardazishvili
68' 1:4 Guangxi Hengchen Goal Loic Lapoussin assist: Rati Ardazishvili
73' 1:4 Ningbo Professional Substitution Pang Kaiyuan off: Zhou Junchen
80' 2:4 Ningbo Professional Goal Men Yang assist: Shang Kefeng
83' 2:4 Guangxi Hengchen Substitution Rati Ardazishvili off: Dai Ming

Statistics

58.00 Possession, % 42

6 Shots on target 5

5 Shots off target 2

1 Big chances 2

7 Corners 3

11 Fouls 19

19 Free kicks 11

6 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 1

4 Goal kicks 9

31 Throw-ins 16

All statistics

5/956% Aerial duels 4/944%

53 Backward passes 38

6 Blocked shots 2

17 Clearances 29

7/2232% Crosses 0/100%

4/1625% Dribbles 4/1527%

82 Failed passes 78

1 Goalkeeper saves 3

9 Interceptions 6

8 Key passes 7

28/6245% Long passes 29/6843%

68 Passes into the final third 76

235 Passes in the opposition half 190

179 Passes in own half 106

0.35 Shot accuracy 0.56

12 Shots inside the box 7

14/2361% Tackles 16/2564%

392 Total passes 286

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