Sichuan Jiuniu

Match report

Sichuan Jiuniu and Zhejiang Professional played out a 1-1 draw in the Super League's twenty-fourth round on Saturday. The result keeps both sides hovering in the lower half of the table, with the home side eleven points behind the leaders and the visitors one place above them.

It was a match decided by two goals in the second half. Dalong Xia put the hosts ahead in the fifty-eighth minute, but Felippe Cardoso responded for the visitors after the hour mark. By then the game had settled into a rhythm, and neither side could find a winner.

Zhejiang controlled possession at fifty-seven per cent to forty-three, but the shots told a similar story. The visitors registered five shots on target compared to four for the hosts, though both sides failed to convert the majority of their efforts.

There were four yellow cards in total, two for each side. Rui Yu and Zhang Yufeng went off the bench for Sichuan, while Xu Junchi and R. Neilson collected cards for the visitors. The substitutions came thick and fast in the closing stages, with Sichuan making three changes after the eightieth minute alone.

And here's the thing — the statistics don't tell you much about the character of the game. Both teams created roughly equal chances, and the goal difference between them remains one point. That is where the real story lies.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 43 – 57.00

Shots on target 4 – 5

Shots off target 4 – 3

Corners 6 – 7

🟨 51' Rui Yu — Yellow card 🟨 57' Zhang Yufeng — Yellow card ⇄ 57' Dai Wai Tsun — Substitution ⚽ 58' Dalong Xia — Goal ⇄ 65' Qianglong Tao — Substitution ⇄ 72' Cheng Jin — Substitution 🟨 77' Xu Junchi — Yellow card ⇄ 80' Albion Ademi — Substitution 🟨 83' R. Neilson — Yellow card ⚽ 83' Felippe Cardoso — Goal ⇄ 87' Rui Yu — Substitution ⇄ 87' Tian Yifan — Substitution ⇄ 90' Xu Junchi — Substitution ⇄ 90+3' Xu Junchi — Substitution

Match events

51' 0:0 Sichuan Jiuniu Yellow card Rui Yu
57' 0:0 Sichuan Jiuniu Yellow card Zhang Yufeng
57' 0:0 Sichuan Jiuniu Substitution Dai Wai Tsun off: Dalong Xia
58' 1:0 Sichuan Jiuniu Goal Dalong Xia
65' 1:0 Zhejiang Professional Substitution Qianglong Tao off: Marko Tolić
72' 1:0 Zhejiang Professional Substitution Cheng Jin off: Jiaqi Zhang
77' 1:0 Zhejiang Professional Yellow card Xu Junchi
80' 1:0 Sichuan Jiuniu Substitution Albion Ademi off: Li Ning
83' 1:0 Sichuan Jiuniu Yellow card R. Neilson
83' 1:1 Zhejiang Professional Goal Felippe Cardoso assist: Wang Yudong
87' 1:1 Sichuan Jiuniu Substitution Rui Yu off: Jianfei Zhao
87' 1:1 Sichuan Jiuniu Substitution Tian Yifan off: Junsheng Yao
90' 1:1 Zhejiang Professional Substitution Xu Junchi off: Tong Lei
90+3' 1:1 Zhejiang Professional Substitution Xu Junchi off: Tong Lei

Statistics

43 Possession, % 57.00

4 Shots on target 5

4 Shots off target 3

6 Corners 7

18 Fouls 17

1 Offsides 3

2 Yellow cards 1

All statistics

4 Blocked shots 3

73 Failed passes 60

4 Goalkeeper saves 3

0.33 Shot accuracy 0.45

5 Shots from outside the box 2

7 Shots inside the box 9

236 Total passes 309

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
13	Peng Peng	13
3	Gabriel Lheman Xavier	3
15	Rui Yu	15
16	Miao Tang	16
20	Xuan Zhijian	20
2	Tian Yifan	2
8	Tim Chow	8
10	Wai-tsun Dai	10
11	Albion Ademi	11
19	Zhang Yufeng	19
7	Wesley Moraes	7

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Zi Jiabao	1
35	Minzhe Wei	35
25	Jianfei Zhao	25
6	Junsheng Yao	6
14	Li Long	14
17	Li Ning	17
39	Manhui Yu	39
56	Yuhan Wang	56
29	Dalong Xia	29
54	Yao Junyi	54

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Starting XI
#	Player	number
33	Bo Zhao	33
5	Liu Haofan	5
25	Xu Junqi	25
26	Guowen Sun	26
38	A. Zhang	38
4	Jin-Seop Park	4
7	Qianglong Tao	7
11	Wang Yudong	11
22	Cheng Jin	22
28	Alexandru Ionuț Mitriță	28
27	Wanderson Felippe Cardoso dos Santos	27

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Chunyu Dong	1
3	Yang Wang	3
16	Lei Tong	16
17	Wang Qicheng	17
47	Yanbin Wang	47
6	Bao Shengxin	6
8	Alexander N'Doumbou	8
10	Marko Tolić	10
14	Wei Wu	14
29	Jiaqi Zhang	29
9	Di Gao	9
18	Hao Fang	18

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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

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