Yanbian Longding FC

Match report

Yanbian Longding beat Dalian Huai 3:1 in League One's regular season round nineteen, a result that keeps the hosts firmly in the upper half while Dalian drift further down the table. The match took place on 15 August 2026, and by then Giovanny had already drawn eyes with his first goal.

The opener came in the forty-first minute, a clean finish from Giovanny that gave Yanbian the lead they would not surrender. To be fair, Dalian had been pushing for something but could not find the breakthrough, and then the momentum shifted entirely after that opening goal.

Just after the hour mark, Dalian gifted Yanbian a second when Xu Jizu turned the ball into his own net in the fifty-sixth minute. Yanbian then added a third through Giovanny, who converted a penalty in the sixty-third minute — his second of the evening. By the eightieth minute the result was beyond doubt, and Giovanny added a third penalty himself in the eighty-first.

The statistics tell a story Yanbian fans have seen before: equal possession, but different outcomes. Both sides held fifty percent, yet Dalian wasted their chances. They registered twelve shots off target against Yanbian's two, while Yanbian hit the target three times to Dalian's two. And here's the thing — three shots on target with three goals versus two shots on target with none.

Yanbian sit fifth with thirty-five points from twenty-two matches, while Dalian occupy eleventh with twenty-five from twenty-one. The hosts had lost their last outing 1-0 to Shenzhen Juniors before this win, but the draw against Nanjing City two weeks prior showed they could grind results when needed. Dalian's recent form has been poorer, including a defeat to Heilongjiang Lava Spring and a loss to Meizhou Hakka.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 3 – 2

Shots off target 2 – 12

Big chances 2 – 2

🟨 8' Lei Wenjie — Yellow card ⚽ 41' Giovanny — Goal ⚽ 56' Xu Jizu — Own goal 🟨 62' Lin Longchang — Yellow card ⚽ 63' Giovanny — Penalty 🟨 66' Hu Ziqian — Yellow card ⇄ 68' Li Shibin — Substitution ⇄ 68' Wang Zihao — Substitution ⇄ 69' Lin Longchang — Substitution ⇄ 75' Shiming Liu — Substitution ⇄ 75' Lei Wenjie — Substitution ⇄ 78' Che Zeping — Substitution 🟨 79' Xu Dongdong — Yellow card 🟨 80' Ma Kunyue — Yellow card ⚽ 81' Giovanny — Penalty ⇄ 83' Xu Dongdong — Substitution ⇄ 83' Long Tingwei — Substitution ⇄ 88' Xu Jizu — Substitution

Match events

8' Dalian Huayi Yellow card Lei Wenjie
41' Yanbian Longding FC Goal Giovanny
56' Dalian Huayi Own goal Xu Jizu
62' Dalian Huayi Yellow card Lin Longchang
63' Yanbian Longding FC Penalty Giovanny
66' Yanbian Longding FC Yellow card Hu Ziqian
68' Yanbian Longding FC Substitution Li Shibin off: Cui Taixu
68' Yanbian Longding FC Substitution Wang Zihao off: Li Ximin
69' Dalian Huayi Substitution Lin Longchang off: Liu Yun
75' Dalian Huayi Substitution Shiming Liu off: You Sihan
75' Dalian Huayi Substitution Lei Wenjie off: Wang Yaopeng
78' Yanbian Longding FC Substitution Che Zeping off: Duan Dezhi
79' Dalian Huayi Yellow card Xu Dongdong
80' Dalian Huayi Yellow card Ma Kunyue
81' Yanbian Longding FC Penalty Giovanny
83' Dalian Huayi Substitution Xu Dongdong off: Cui Ming'an
83' Dalian Huayi Substitution Long Tingwei off: Eysajan Elkut
88' Yanbian Longding FC Substitution Xu Jizu off: Qu Yanheng

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

3 Shots on target 2

2 Shots off target 12

2 Big chances 2

87 Attacks 110

0 Corners 10

15 Fouls 19

18 Free kicks 13

1 Offsides 4

2 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

15 Goal kicks 6

22 Throw-ins 29

All statistics

19/3653% Aerial duels 17/3647%

28 Backward passes 33

1 Blocked shots 4

33 Clearances 7

2/540% Crosses 9/3824%

2/729% Dribbles 2/633%

95 Failed passes 93

2 Goalkeeper saves 0

2 Interceptions 5

3 Key passes 14

17/6128% Long passes 22/6136%

32 Passes into the final third 57

131 Passes in the opposition half 213

140 Passes in own half 58

0.50 Shot accuracy 0.11

5 Shots inside the box 11

9/1182% Tackles 9/1182%

266 Total passes 233

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