In the League One game on 13 September 2026, Meizhou Kejia beat Nanjing City 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 2:3, corners 2:5.
Match report
Maijiao Hejia beat Nanjing 2-1 in the 23rd round of the First League on Saturday. The result lifts the home side to 15th and leaves the visitors in 14th, both still searching for consistency after a string of heavy defeats.
V. Triboulet opened the scoring in the 26th minute, finishing a move that had built steadily through the middle. Nanjing responded with more possession but could not create the same clarity, and the visitors lost their second yellow-card option when Wang Xijie went off after a late booking.
Hejia doubled their advantage when J. Ngom Mbekeli struck in the 75th minute, capitalising on a moment of space after Nanjing's defence had shifted. Triboulet added a second in the 77th, timing his run to meet a cross that drifted across the face of goal. By then the visitors had already made three changes, trying to find a way back into the game.
The statistics tell a story of frustration for both sides. Hejia managed only two shots on target from six attempts, while Nanjing hit the woodwork less often than they expected. Possession sat at 48 per cent for the hosts, but the difference in quality of chance was clear: two big chances created against one. The visitors covered more ground in the final third, yet their crosses found little success.
Hejia's form has been uneven, with only seven wins from 23 games, but this result breaks a run of heavy defeats that had seen them lose 1-5 to Shenzhen and 1-5 to Guangzhou in recent weeks. Nanjing's struggles are more persistent, with five wins and six draws in the same period, including back-to-back 0-2 losses. The gap between them in the table remains six points, but the momentum has shifted.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %48–52
Shots on target2–3
Shots off target6–6
Big chances2–1
HT⚽26' V. Triboulet — Goal🟨31' W. Qurban — Yellow card🟨37' Hu Rentian — Yellow card🟨42' Wang Xijie — Yellow card⇄58' Zhai Zhaoyu — Substitution⇄58' Hu Jinghang — Substitution⇄60' Q. Wen — Substitution⇄69' Li Jiarun — Substitution⇄74' Hu Rentian — Substitution⇄74' W. Qurban — Substitution⚽75' J. Ngom Mbekeli — Goal⚽77' V. Triboulet — Goal⇄79' H. Sakhi — Substitution⇄79' J. Liao — Substitution⇄90+8' Dong Honglin — Substitution
