In the 9th round of the 2024 Chinese Super League, Shanghai Shenhua will host the visiting Cangzhou Lions. Shenhua ranked first in the standings with 20 points from 6 wins and 2 draws in the first 8 rounds, 2 points ahead of the harbor behind them, and the state was quite hot. Cangzhou Lions have 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, accumulating 13 points and ranking 6th, showing the posture of a dark horse. However, in the last two rounds, it has lost to Shandong Taishan and Henan, and its form has declined. In the last 6 league meetings between the two teams, Shenhua has the advantage with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. In the last 3 encounters, Shenhua has won all of them, scoring a total of 6 goals and conceding 0 goals, which is an overwhelming advantage.
The difference in strength between the two teams quickly showed after the opening, with Shenhua dominating the absolute possession advantage and creating a large number of shooting opportunities, with waves of attacks rushing to the heart of the Cangzhou Lions' penalty area. Shenhua scored in only 4 minutes of the opening game, Shenhua took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to create danger, Xu Haoyang followed up in front of the goal to score, 1-0, Shenhua made a dream start!
After the goal, Shenhua continued to besiege. In the 11th minute, Xie Pengfei headed the ball in front of the goal, Zheng Kaimu cleared the siege on the goal line; In the 22nd minute, Andre Luiz received a cross from his teammates and hit the goal with a header, and the ball was slightly off the post! In the 30th minute, Xie Pengfei picked up the ball on the right side of the front field, and then passed it to the front of the goal and was destroyed by the defender! In the 35th minute, Shenhua won a set-piece in the middle of the front field, Xie Pengfei took the penalty and attacked the goal directly, and the ball was off the post;
At half-time, Shenhua temporarily led 1-0, and the statistics at half-time showed that Shenhua had 75% possession, 16 shots on goal and 5 shots on target, and Cangzhou Lions had 4 shots on goal and 1 shot on target, and the gap between the scenes was quite huge!
In the 64th minute, the Cangzhou Lions made substitution adjustments, Oscar and Ewell came on as substitutes, replacing Liu Xinyu and Ma Fuyu; In the 65th minute, Teixeira cut inside on the left side, the ball hit the crossbar and popped up, and the Cangzhou Lions escaped!
In the 75th minute, Luis scored another goal in front of the goal, and Shenhua sealed the victory 3-0! In the 78th minute, Shenhua made substitution adjustments, and Malelai and Yu Hanchao came on as substitutes to replace Xie Pengfei and Gao Tianyi; in the 82nd minute, Sun Mingqian burst into the penalty area and was knocked down by Bao Yaxiong, and the referee did not award a point after watching VAR, and the game continued; In the 89th minute, Malele shot a low shot in the penalty area and the ball was slightly off! In the 95th minute, Luis received Cao Yunding's inverted triangle return pass and easily volleyed the goal, 4-0! In the 97th minute, Luiz's header hit the crossbar and popped off the bottom line!
After that, neither side scored, and at the end of stoppage time, Shenhua defeated Cangzhou Lions 4-0 at home, continuing to lead the standings with an unbeaten record, and threw off the second place Chengdu Rongcheng by 4 points!