Shenyang Urban

Match report

Shenyang Urban fell to a 1:2 defeat against Sichuan Junqiu in the Super League's 23rd round of the regular season on Friday evening. The hosts took the lead through a penalty but could not hold on as the visitors struck twice in the closing stages.

And here's the thing about the opening quarter-hour — Shenyang were awarded a spot-kick after VAR review at the ninth minute. Jeffinho stepped up and made no mistake, converting at eleven to give the home side the advantage. It looked like a comfortable start before the momentum shifted.

Sichuan equalised almost immediately after the restart. A. Ademi found the net at thirty-one minutes, catching Shenyang flat-footed. Eden Karzev received a yellow card shortly after as the visitors tried to impose themselves, and the game opened up considerably from that point.

By then the pattern was clear — Shenyang controlled possession with fifty-three per cent but struggled to create clear-cut opportunities. They registered three shots on target against four for the visitors, but the efficiency gap told the story. Sichuan's shot accuracy stood at thirty-six per cent compared to Shenyang's twenty-three.

The decisive moment arrived in stoppage time. Jiang Zhipeng scored at the ninety-minute mark to put Sichuan ahead, and the visitors held their nerve through a frantic finale. Tim Chow and Rui Yu had already picked up bookings as Shenyang searched for an equaliser.

The result leaves Shenyang thirteenth on twenty-five points from twenty-five games, while Sichuan move up to eleventh with twenty-eight points. It was a match decided by those final minutes — Shenyang did not travel to make up the numbers, but neither did they close out a result they had held for most of the ninety.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 53 – 47

Shots on target 3 – 4

Shots off target 4 – 5

Corners 6 – 5

9' Zang Yifeng — var_penalty ⚽ 11' Jeffinho — Penalty ⚽ 31' A. Ademi — Goal 🟨 32' Yiming Yang — Yellow card 🟨 45+3' Eden Karzev — Yellow card ⇄ 57' Yang Yiming — Substitution ⇄ 57' Zhang Yufeng — Substitution ⇄ 65' D. Mawlanniyaz — Substitution ⇄ 65' Chen Binbin — Substitution 🟨 66' Rui Yu — Yellow card 🟨 70' Tim Chow — Yellow card ⇄ 80' Zang Yifeng — Substitution ⇄ 81' Zang Yifeng — Substitution ⇄ 87' A. Ademi — Substitution ⚽ 90' Jiang Zhipeng — Goal ⚽ 90+4' Jiang Zhipeng — Goal 🟨 90+5' Zhipeng Jiang — Yellow card ⇄ 90+6' Substitution

Match events

9' Shenyang Urban var_penalty Zang Yifeng
11' Shenyang Urban Penalty Jeffinho
31' Sichuan Jiuniu Goal A. Ademi assist: Wesley Moraes
32' Sichuan Jiuniu Yellow card Yiming Yang
45+3' Sichuan Jiuniu Yellow card Eden Karzev
57' Sichuan Jiuniu Substitution Yang Yiming off: Yu Rui
57' Sichuan Jiuniu Substitution Zhang Yufeng off: Dai Wai-Tsun
65' Shenyang Urban Substitution D. Mawlanniyaz off: Gao Jiarun
65' Shenyang Urban Substitution Chen Binbin off: Li Haoran
66' Sichuan Jiuniu Yellow card Rui Yu
70' Sichuan Jiuniu Yellow card Tim Chow
80' Shenyang Urban Substitution Zang Yifeng off: Yan Dinghao
81' Shenyang Urban Substitution Zang Yifeng off: Yan Dinghao
87' Sichuan Jiuniu Substitution A. Ademi off: Yu Menghui
90' Sichuan Jiuniu Goal Jiang Zhipeng
90+4' Sichuan Jiuniu Goal Jiang Zhipeng
90+5' Sichuan Jiuniu Yellow card Zhipeng Jiang
90+6' Sichuan Jiuniu Substitution off: Zhao Jianfei

Statistics

53 Possession, % 47

3 Shots on target 4

4 Shots off target 5

6 Corners 5

19 Fouls 13

0 Yellow cards 5

All statistics

6 Blocked shots 2

90 Failed passes 74

2 Goalkeeper saves 2

0.23 Shot accuracy 0.36

6 Shots from outside the box 4

7 Shots inside the box 7

354 Total passes 318

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
29	Yan Zhang	29
5	Dilmurat Mawlanyaz	5
15	Felipe	15
26	Mincheng Yuan	26
34	H. Zhang	34
7	A. Cuomo	7
10	Takahiro Kunimoto	10
11	Binbin Chen	11
14	Yifeng Zang	14
18	Tixiang Li	18
47	Jeffinho	47

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	Sze Jintian	13
19	Wu Mingyu	19
27	Jiarun Gao	27
28	Dong Xu	28
30	Pan Shenghan	30
35	Li Haoran	35
8	Dinghao Yan	8
33	Yinong Tian	33
36	D'ao Tian	36
17	Yuda Tian	17
22	Guobo Liu	22

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Sichuan Jiuniu

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Peng Peng	13
3	Gabriel Lheman Xavier	3
16	Miao Tang	16
20	Xuan Zhijian	20
23	Yiming Yang	23
4	Zhipeng Jiang	4
8	Tim Chow	8
11	Albion Ademi	11
19	Zhang Yufeng	19
36	Eden Kartsev	36
7	Wesley Moraes	7

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Zi Jiabao	1
35	Minzhe Wei	35
2	Tian Yifan	2
25	Jianfei Zhao	25
10	Wai-tsun Dai	10
14	Li Long	14
17	Li Ning	17
39	Manhui Yu	39
29	Dalong Xia	29
54	Yao Junyi	54

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Chengdu Rongcheng	26	15	7	4	52
2	Dalian Zhixing	26	12	4	10	40
3	Beijing Guoan	26	11	10	5	38
4	Yunnan Yukun	26	11	5	10	38
5	Qingdao Youth Island	26	8	14	4	38
6	Shandong Taishan	26	13	4	9	37
7	SHANGHAI SIPG	26	10	8	8	33
8	Shanghai Shenhua	26	12	5	9	31
9	Chongqing Tongliang Long	26	7	10	9	31
10	Zhejiang Professional	26	10	6	10	31

Shenyang Urban — Sichuan Jiuniu: 1:2, Super League

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