Henan FC 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng: Super League Match Result

Match report

Henan drew 0-0 with league leaders Chengdu Rongcheng in the Chinese Super League on Saturday. The result leaves the hosts in twelfth place with 26 points while Chengdu remain top after 52 points from 26 matches. We had backed the home side at 41 per cent confidence, but the match refused to open up. and here's the thing — neither keeper had much to do for long spells.

The first half carried a yellow card rhythm rather than any clear threat. Li Yang went off at the break for Henan, replaced by Pedro Maranhão. Chengdu earned no corners in that period, while Henan already had nine. The visitors pressed higher but struggled to find width, completing only one cross from thirteen attempts.

Second-half substitutions changed the shape without changing the outcome. Zheng Dalun, He Yiran and He Chao came on for Henan between the sixty-first and seventy-sixth minutes. Chengdu responded with Pedro Maranhão — a coincidence of names — and brought on Behram Abduweli and Lucas Jaques Varone Maia near the end. Ten yellow cards in total, by then enough to suggest neither side wanted to risk anything.

Statistically the match told its own story. Henan registered four shots on target and created three big chances, yet their goalkeeper made zero saves. Chengdu's keeper had to make three, but the visitors recorded no shots on target all evening. Possession split 49-51 in favour of the visitors, who completed 289 passes to Henan's 262. The shots accuracy figure for Chengdu sat at zero — they had chances, just not ones worth recording.

The result leaves the table with a familiar gap. Chengdu lead by 26 points with ten games remaining, a lead that feels secure but not unassailable. Henan sit mid-table with a run that includes draws against Chongqing Tonglianglong and Qingdao Youth Island. The match itself offered no spectacle, just two sides weighing risk against reward and finding neither worth taking.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 49 – 51

Shots on target 4 – 0

Shots off target 8 – 1

Big chances 3 – 0

🟨 36' Li Yang — Yellow card 🟨 38' Yang Mingyang — Yellow card 🟨 40' He Chao — Yellow card 🟨 44' Wang Ziming — Yellow card ⇄ 45' Li Yang — Substitution 🟨 45+4' Han Pengfei — Yellow card 🟨 45+4' Pedro Maranhão — Yellow card 🟨 47' Rômulo — Yellow card 🟨 61' Wei Shihao — Yellow card ⇄ 73' Zheng Dalun — Substitution ⇄ 75' He Yiran — Substitution ⇄ 76' He Chao — Substitution ⇄ 80' Wang Ziming — Substitution ⇄ 89' Yang Mingyang — Substitution ⇄ 90+1' Pedro Maranhão — Substitution 🟨 90+4' Behram Abduweli — Yellow card 🟨 90+5' Lucas Jaques Varone Maia — Yellow card

Match events

36' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Yellow card Li Yang
38' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Yellow card Yang Mingyang
40' 0:0 Henan FC Yellow card He Chao
44' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Yellow card Wang Ziming
45' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Substitution Li Yang off: Egor Sorokin
45+4' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Yellow card Han Pengfei
45+4' 0:0 Henan FC Yellow card Pedro Maranhão
47' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Yellow card Rômulo
61' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Yellow card Wei Shihao
73' 0:0 Henan FC Substitution Zheng Dalun off: Zhong Yihao
75' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Substitution He Yiran off: Wang Dongsheng
76' 0:0 Henan FC Substitution He Chao off: Ablahan Haliq
80' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Substitution Wang Ziming off: Behram Abduweli
89' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Substitution Yang Mingyang off: Liao Lisheng
90+1' 0:0 Henan FC Substitution Pedro Maranhão off: Oliver Gerbig
90+4' 0:0 Chengdu Rongcheng Yellow card Behram Abduweli
90+5' 0:0 Henan FC Yellow card Lucas Jaques Varone Maia

Statistics

49 Possession, % 51

4 Shots on target 0

8 Shots off target 1

3 Big chances 0

81 Attacks 76

9 Corners 0

17 Fouls 22

22 Free kicks 15

1 Offsides 0

3 Yellow cards 7

0 Red cards 0

2 Goal kicks 11

18 Throw-ins 17

All statistics

27/4560% Aerial duels 18/4540%

44 Backward passes 55

4 Blocked shots 8

22 Clearances 27

5/2322% Crosses 1/138%

4/1136% Dribbles 5/1242%

66 Failed passes 64

0 Goalkeeper saves 3

8 Interceptions 7

10 Key passes 5

26/4459% Long passes 17/4835%

66 Passes into the final third 67

195 Passes in the opposition half 205

156 Passes in own half 161

0.25 Shot accuracy 0

6 Shots from outside the box 3

10 Shots inside the box 6

10/1567% Tackles 9/1090%

328 Total passes 353

Line-ups

Henan FC

Starting XI
#	Player	number
33	Chenglong Shi	33
2	Iago Maidana	2
4	Yeljan Shinar	4
23	Lucas Maia	23
6	Shangyuan Wang	6
10	Bruno dos Santos Nazário	10
21	Chao He	21
22	Ruifeng Huang	22
8	Pedro Henryque Pereira dos Santos	8
9	Gustavo	9
29	Dalun Zheng	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
17	Jinshuai Wang	17
18	Gouming Wang	18
3	Oliver Gerbig	3
5	Liu Jiahui	5
11	Nebijan Muhmet	11
27	Yixing Liu	27
15	Ablahan Haliq	15
25	Yilin Yang	25
39	Usman Ekber	39
7	Yihao Zhong	7
13	Abdurasul Abudulam	13
30	Fan Xulin	30

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Chengdu Rongcheng

Starting XI
#	Player	number
32	Liu Dianzuo	32
2	Hu Hatiao	2
4	He Jiran	4
18	Pengfei Han	18
22	Yang Li	22
5	Matheus Isaias dos Santos	5
10	Rômulo	10
16	Mingyang Yang	16
7	Wei Shihao	7
11	Wellington Silva	11
20	Ziming Wang	20

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Tao Jian	1
15	Weifeng Ran	15
3	Alex Jojo	3
17	Wang Dongsheng	17
19	Dong Yanfeng	19
28	Egor Sorokin	28
23	Lisheng Liao	23
25	Mirahmetjan Muzepper	25
29	Iminkari Mutalep	29
39	Gan Chao	39
58	Liao Junxiang	58
27	Baihelama Abuduwaili	27

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Match prediction: Henan FC — Chengdu Rongcheng

Win: Henan FC

Confidence 41%

Reasoning

Хэнань — 12. place, 25 points after 24 games (8 wins, 7 draws, 9 losses)
Чэнду Рончэн — 1. place, 51 points after 25 games (15 wins, 6 draws, 4 losses)
Хэнань, last 5 games: 0 wins, 4 draws, 1 losses
Чэнду Рончэн, last 5 games: 2 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses
Head-to-head: 10 games, Хэнань — 3, 3 draws, Чэнду Рончэн — 4

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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

Henan FC — Chengdu Rongcheng, Super League

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