Changchun Yatai

Match report

Changchun Yatai beat Ningbo Professional 2:0 on Friday evening in League One's regular season, round 22. The hosts took the lead in the second half and added a late goal to close out the match. Both sides had played 21 league games before this fixture.

J. Salazar opened the scoring in the 78th minute, finishing a chance that never looked like it would come. Ningbo did not travel to make up the numbers — they had drawn 1:1 with Meizhou Hakka in their last outing, then lost 2:3 away to Yanbian Longding. The visitors left England without a shot on target all evening.

And here's the thing about the numbers — Changchun held 67 per cent possession and registered five shots on target. Ningbo managed only two off-target efforts and three saves from their goalkeeper. Four big chances created by the hosts versus none for the visitors tells you where the danger lay.

By then the match had settled into a rhythm. Fan Chao added the second goal in the 90th minute plus two, after a series of substitutions had already reshaped both sides. Tan Long received a yellow card in the 71st minute, and Liu Yue went off the same way 12 minutes later.

The result leaves Changchun in 10th place on 25 points, while Ningbo move up to 9th with 26. The hosts had lost three of their last five before this win, including a heavy 0:3 defeat to Guangzhou E-Power. Ningbo's run of one draw and four losses in five games came to an end here.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 67 – 33

Shots on target 5 – 0

Shots off target 1 – 2

Big chances 4 – 0

⇄ 58' J. Yao — Substitution 🟨 71' Tan Long — Yellow card ⇄ 73' Zhou Dadi — Substitution ⇄ 73' Tudi Dilyimit — Substitution ⇄ 77' Liu Yang — Substitution ⚽ 78' J. Salazar — Goal 🟨 83' Liu Yue — Yellow card ⇄ 83' Tan Long — Substitution ⇄ 88' S. Tomovic — Substitution ⇄ 89' J. Salazar — Substitution ⇄ 89' Li Qiang — Substitution ⚽ 90+2' Fan Chao — Goal

Match events

58' 0:0 Ningbo Professional Substitution J. Yao off: Lin Chaocan
71' 0:0 Changchun Yatai Yellow card Tan Long
73' 0:0 Changchun Yatai Substitution Zhou Dadi off: Liu Ziheng
73' 0:0 Changchun Yatai Substitution Tudi Dilyimit off: Chen Xuhuang
77' 0:0 Ningbo Professional Substitution Liu Yang off: K. Shang
78' 1:0 Changchun Yatai Goal J. Salazar assist: O. Omoijuanfo
83' 1:0 Ningbo Professional Yellow card Liu Yue
83' 1:0 Changchun Yatai Substitution Tan Long off: Sun Xipeng
88' 1:0 Ningbo Professional Substitution S. Tomovic off: Zhou Junchen
89' 1:0 Changchun Yatai Substitution J. Salazar off: Fan Chao
89' 1:0 Changchun Yatai Substitution Li Qiang off: Ling Chuanbin
90+2' 2:0 Changchun Yatai Goal Fan Chao assist: O. Omoijuanfo

Statistics

67 Possession, % 33

5 Shots on target 0

1 Shots off target 2

4 Big chances 0

4 Corners 2

13 Fouls 14

13 Free kicks 12

2 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 1

4 Goal kicks 9

27 Throw-ins 25

All statistics

10/1759% Aerial duels 7/1741%

69 Backward passes 27

2 Blocked shots 1

21 Clearances 22

1/166% Crosses 5/1631%

6/1833% Dribbles 7/1839%

68 Failed passes 75

0 Goalkeeper saves 3

3 Interceptions 3

6 Key passes 3

16/3941% Long passes 20/5139%

86 Passes into the final third 29

293 Passes in the opposition half 149

258 Passes in own half 125

0.63 Shot accuracy 0

6 Shots inside the box 1

11/1861% Tackles 10/1567%

535 Total passes 258

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