Wuhan Three Towns

Match report

Shanghai SIPG edge past Wuhan Three Towns in Super League encounter

Shanghai SIPG claimed a 3-2 victory over Wuhan Three Towns in the Super League's regular season round 23 on Thursday, August 14th. The away side overturned an early deficit to take all three points at their opponents' ground. J. Cadiz had given Wuhan the lead in the third minute before Wei Zhen doubled their advantage before half-time.

And here's the thing about second-half momentum — Shanghai turned the match around through P. O. Ampem's brace. He opened his account in the 55th minute and added a second four minutes later to put the visitors ahead. Wuhan thought they had equalised when Leonardo's strike found the net in the 62nd minute, but the goal was disallowed for offside after VAR review. By then, Shanghai were already in control.

Antoine Leautey sealed the result in the 75th minute to complete Shanghai's comeback. Wuhan had a late chance to salvage a point when Li Ang's effort was also ruled out for offside in stoppage time. The match featured three substitutions for each side in the closing stages, with Wuhan bringing on Wu Lei and Fu Huan while Shanghai introduced Gustavo Sauer.

Shanghai dominated possession at 58 per cent and created five big chances compared to Wuhan's two. The visitors registered more attacks with 123 against 69 and attempted 24 crosses to Wuhan's 13. Wuhan were more direct with 54 long passes compared to Shanghai's 37, but could not convert their opportunities — six shots on target yielded only two goals.

The result leaves Wuhan Three Towns in 15th place with 20 points from 24 matches. Shanghai SIPG sit seventh with 33 points after 26 games, maintaining their position in the upper half of the table. The home side had shown improvement in recent fixtures with victories over Chongqing Tongliang Long and Sichuan Junqiu, but could not maintain that form against a more experienced Shanghai outfit.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 42 – 58.00

Shots on target 6 – 5

Shots off target 4 – 6

Big chances 2 – 5

⚽ 3' J. Cadiz — Goal 🟨 12' Yusup Umidjan — Yellow card 🟨 42' Fu Huan — Yellow card ⇄ 46' Yue Xin — Substitution 🟨 46' Xiaobing Zhang — Yellow card ⚽ 50' Wei Zhen — Goal ⚽ 55' P. O. Ampem — Goal ⚽ 59' P. O. Ampem — Goal 62' Leonardo — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside 62' Leonardo — var_goal_cancelled 🟨 63' Leonardo — Yellow card ⇄ 63' Yusup Umidjan — Substitution ⇄ 64' Fu Huan — Substitution ⇄ 65' Fu Huan — Substitution 🟨 66' Ang Li — Yellow card ⇄ 66' Zhang Xiaobin — Substitution ⇄ 66' Ming Tian — Substitution ⇄ 67' Ming Tian — Substitution ⇄ 68' Wu Lei — Substitution ⇄ 69' Wu Lei — Substitution 🟨 71' Antoine Leautey — Yellow card ⇄ 75' Gustavo Sauer — Substitution ⚽ 75' A. Leautey — Goal ⇄ 84' Leonardo — Substitution ⇄ 88' Xu Haofeng — Substitution 90+1' Li Ang — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside 90+1' Ang Li — var_goal_cancelled

Match events

3' 1:0 Wuhan Three Towns Goal J. Cadiz assist: K. Bevis
12' 1:0 SHANGHAI SIPG Yellow card Yusup Umidjan
42' 1:0 SHANGHAI SIPG Yellow card Fu Huan
46' 1:0 SHANGHAI SIPG Substitution Yue Xin off: Li Shuai
46' 1:0 Wuhan Three Towns Yellow card Xiaobing Zhang
50' 1:1 SHANGHAI SIPG Goal Wei Zhen assist: Mateus Vital
55' 1:2 SHANGHAI SIPG Goal P. O. Ampem
59' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG Goal P. O. Ampem assist: O. Melendo
62' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG var_goal_cancelled_-_offside Leonardo
62' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG var_goal_cancelled Leonardo
63' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG Yellow card Leonardo
63' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG Substitution Yusup Umidjan off: Browning Tyias
64' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG Substitution Fu Huan off: Jean Claude
65' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG Substitution Fu Huan off: Jean Claude
66' 1:3 Wuhan Three Towns Yellow card Ang Li
66' 1:3 Wuhan Three Towns Substitution Zhang Xiaobin off: J. Xiong
66' 1:3 Wuhan Three Towns Substitution Ming Tian off: Chen Zhechao
67' 1:3 Wuhan Three Towns Substitution Ming Tian off: Chen Zhechao
68' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG Substitution Wu Lei off: Liu Zhurun
69' 1:3 SHANGHAI SIPG Substitution Wu Lei off: Liu Zhurun
71' 1:3 Wuhan Three Towns Yellow card Antoine Leautey
75' 1:3 Wuhan Three Towns Substitution Gustavo Sauer off: Long Wei
75' 2:3 Wuhan Three Towns Goal A. Leautey assist: Long Wei
84' 2:3 SHANGHAI SIPG Substitution Leonardo off: Zhang Linpeng
88' 2:3 Wuhan Three Towns Substitution Xu Haofeng off: Wang Jinxian
90+1' 2:3 Wuhan Three Towns var_goal_cancelled_-_offside Li Ang
90+1' 2:3 Wuhan Three Towns var_goal_cancelled Ang Li

Statistics

42 Possession, % 58.00

6 Shots on target 5

4 Shots off target 6

2 Big chances 5

69 Attacks 123

0 Corners 3

14 Fouls 13

12 Free kicks 13

4 Offsides 6

3 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 5

18 Throw-ins 14

All statistics

10/2442% Aerial duels 14/2458%

60 Backward passes 66

2 Blocked shots 2

23 Clearances 15

6/1346% Crosses 6/2425%

2/1315% Dribbles 6/1250%

66 Failed passes 61

2 Goalkeeper saves 4

6 Interceptions 5

10 Key passes 9

26/5448% Long passes 17/3746%

76 Passes into the final third 117

194 Passes in the opposition half 317

170 Passes in own half 198

0.50 Shot accuracy 0.38

4 Shots from outside the box 3

8 Shots inside the box 10

5/1145% Tackles 11/1958%

351 Total passes 491

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