Beijing Guoan

Match report

Beijing Guoan beat Zhejiang Professional 2:1 on Friday at the Workers' Stadium. The result moves the hosts into third place in the Super League table on 26 points after 21 matches. Zhejiang remain tenth with 28 points from 25 games, but this defeat ends a decent run of form for the visitors.

The opening salvo arrived early. Fabio Abreu converted a penalty on eight minutes after Uroš Spajić was brought down in the box. Cheng Jin doubled the lead on twelve minutes with a well-taken finish. Yue Tze-Nam picked up a yellow card on forty-one minutes before the break as tensions began to rise.

Zhejiang pulled one back through Zhang Xizhe on eighty-two minutes. The visitors had created nothing in terms of big chances all evening. Their keeper made no saves, which tells you everything about Beijing's dominance. Several substitutions followed as the hosts looked to see out the match, with Uroš Spajić coming off on sixty-nine minutes.

The statistics paint a clear picture. Beijing held 64 per cent possession and registered 127 attacks. They took 22 shots but only two hit the target. Their shot accuracy sat at ten per cent. Zhejiang managed 45 attacks and registered five shots on target.

This victory extends Beijing's unbeaten run to five matches. They drew with Chengdu Rongcheng and Shenyang Urban, beat Dalian Quyi and Shandong Taishan, and edged Wuhan Three Towns. The hosts fancy their chances of pushing for a higher finish this season.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 64 – 36

Shots on target 2 – 5

Shots off target 10 – 3

Big chances 4 – 0

6' Uroš Spajić — var_penalty ⚽ 8' Fabio Abreu — Penalty ⚽ 12' Cheng Jin — Goal 🟨 41' Yue Tze-Nam — Yellow card 🟨 46' Marko Tolić — Yellow card ⇄ 57' Yang Liyu — Substitution ⇄ 61' Marko Tolić — Substitution ⇄ 69' Uroš Spajić — Substitution ⇄ 78' Xu Junchi — Substitution ⇄ 78' Cao Yongjing — Substitution ⇄ 79' Yue Tze-Nam — Substitution ⚽ 82' Zhang Xizhe — Goal 🟨 90+5' Jia Feifan — Yellow card

Match events

6' 0:0 Beijing Guoan var_penalty Uroš Spajić
8' 1:0 Beijing Guoan Penalty Fabio Abreu
12' 1:1 Zhejiang Professional Goal Cheng Jin assist: Wang Yudong
41' 1:1 Beijing Guoan Yellow card Yue Tze-Nam
46' 1:1 Zhejiang Professional Yellow card Marko Tolić
57' 1:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Yang Liyu off: Sai Erjini'ao
61' 1:1 Zhejiang Professional Substitution Marko Tolić off: Wanderson Felippe Cardoso dos Santos
69' 1:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Uroš Spajić off: Zhang Xizhe
78' 1:1 Zhejiang Professional Substitution Xu Junchi off: Tao Qianglong
78' 1:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Cao Yongjing off: Jia Feifan
79' 1:1 Beijing Guoan Substitution Yue Tze-Nam off: Abduhamit Abdugheni
82' 2:1 Beijing Guoan Goal Zhang Xizhe assist: Sai Erjini'ao
90+5' 2:1 Beijing Guoan Yellow card Jia Feifan

Statistics

64 Possession, % 36

2 Shots on target 5

10 Shots off target 3

4 Big chances 0

127 Attacks 45

4 Corners 8

10 Fouls 14

13 Free kicks 9

2 Offsides 5

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

3 Goal kicks 16

15 Throw-ins 17

All statistics

5/1533% Aerial duels 10/1567%

84 Backward passes 38

9 Blocked shots 3

15 Clearances 22

4/1527% Crosses 0/160%

3/933% Dribbles 6/1060%

44 Failed passes 49

3 Goalkeeper saves 0

9 Interceptions 1

14 Key passes 8

18/3256% Long passes 28/5353%

126 Passes into the final third 34

354 Passes in the opposition half 142

192 Passes in own half 161

0.10 Shot accuracy 0.45

8 Shots from outside the box 6

13 Shots inside the box 4

4/850% Tackles 6/875%

531 Total passes 287

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
34	Hou Sen	34
5	Guilherme Magro Pires Ramos	5
21	Tze Nam Yue	21
25	Uroš Spajić	25
26	Bai Yang	26
8	Aboubacar Dit Boubou Konté	8
23	Dawhan Fran Urano Da Purificação Oliveira	23
9	Yuning Zhang	9
17	Yang Liyu	17
29	Fábio Gonçalves Abreu	29
37	Cao Yongjing	37

Substitutes
#	Player	number
31	Shaoziyang Liu	31
24	Abduhamit Abdugheni	24
7	Sérgio Antônio Soler de Oliveira Júnior	7
10	Xizhe Zhang	10
18	Wang Yu	18
36	Feifan Jia	36

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Zhejiang Professional

Starting XI
#	Player	number
33	Bo Zhao	33
5	Liu Haofan	5
16	Lei Tong	16
25	Xu Junqi	25
36	Lucas Possignolo	36
38	Zhang Aihui	38
4	Jin-Seop Park	4
10	Marko Tolić	10
22	Cheng Jin	22
11	Wang Yudong	11
28	Alexandru Ionuț Mitriță	28

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Chunyu Dong	1
3	Yang Wang	3
17	Wang Qicheng	17
26	Guowen Sun	26
6	Bao Shengxin	6
8	Alexander N'Doumbou	8
14	Wei Wu	14
7	Qianglong Tao	7
9	Gao Di	9
18	Hao Fang	18
27	Wanderson Felippe Cardoso dos Santos	27

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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

Beijing Guoan — Zhejiang Professional: 2:1, Super League

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