scored 43 goals in a single round to set a new record, and the intensity and excitement of the Chinese Super League have increased significantly

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2024-05-19 08:12Posted on the official account of Shanghai The Paper

scored 43 goals in a single round to set a new record, and the intensity and excitement of the Chinese Super League have increased significantly

Harbour played away against Qingdao West Coast and created a goal shootout.

From May 15th to 18th, the 12th round of the Chinese Super League, a rare single round of four match days set a new record - a total of 43 goals were scored in 8 games, breaking the single-round goal record of the Chinese Super League that had been in the dust for more than 5 years, surpassing the 37 goals in the 15th round of the 2018 season, becoming the round with the most goals in the history of the Chinese Super League.

This is also the best footnote to the more intense and exciting Chinese Super League in the 2024 season.

After Gustavo returned from injury, he scored like a goal.

Harbour set a new season scoring record

On the evening of the 18th, the last game of this round, Qingdao West Coast played at home against Shanghai Port, the home team Alan and the away team Wu Lei and Gustavo scored two goals at the same time, and finally the Port won 5-3 The result also drew a perfect end to this round of goal battles. The 8 goals in this game also set a new record for single-game goals in the Chinese Super League this season. Previously, the most goals scored in a single game in the Chinese Super League this season were 7 goals - Shanghai Port 4-3 Shandong Taishan in the 6th round, Changchun Yatai 5-2 in the 11th round of Shanghai Port, and Zhejiang 5-2 Nantong Zhiyun in the 12th round.

At present, Wu Lei has scored 14 goals and Gustavo has scored 9 goals in the Chinese Super League, with a total of 23 goals exceeding the total number of goals scored by the 12 Chinese Super League teams. Shenhua, Rongcheng and Taishan scored a total of 27 goals, 25 goals and 23 goals respectively, and the other 12 Chinese Super League teams scored less than 23 goals in total.

Head coach Muscat also recognised his team's ability to create chances and score, saying: "We scored five goals today and four were disallowed, and it must have been because it was very close, otherwise it would not have been disallowed through VAR intervention. For us, we will continue to focus on our style of play, but also improve our set-piece defence and improve our concentration. ”

Jiang Shenglong celebrates the goal.

The single-round goal record has been broken for the first time in more than 5 years

In the first three match days of this round, on the 15th, Shenhua defeated Qingdao Manatee 2-0 at the last moment with goals from Jiang Shenglong and Malele, and Shenhua also became the only team that did not concede a goal in this round, and only 4 goals conceded in the league so far also made Slutsky's team the best defensive team in the league.

On the second match day, Shandong Taishan defeated Shenzhen Xinpeng City 3-2 at home; On the third match day, 28 goals were scored in 5 games, of which Zhejiang scored the most goals in the 5-2 victory over Nantong Zhiyun, and the number of goals in the Chinese Super League came to 35; Finally, on the fourth match day, Qingdao West Coast and Shanghai Port jointly contributed 8 goals, and the single-round goal record was locked at 43 goals.

Zhejiang defeated Nantong Zhiyun 5-2.

The 43 goals significantly surpassed the previous single-round goal record, which was 37 goals in the 15th round of the 2018 season, and the previous record was 36 goals in the 18th round of the 2017 season. At that time, the two seasons were the league of the Jin Yuan era, and now the league has entered the civilian era, and it is not easy to play 43 goals in a single round.

Statistics show that 292 goals were scored in all 95 games in the first 12 rounds (Meizhou Hakka and Shanghai Port matches were postponed), with an average of 3.07 goals per game, a new high in recent seasons, after 2.82, 2.54, 2.86 and 2.78 goals in the previous 2020-2023 seasons. Even the era of "Golden Dollar Football", which is full of big-name foreign players, that is, from the 2012 season to the 2019 season, is only slightly lower than the average of 3.09 goals per game in the 2019 season and 3.20 goals in the 2018 season.

Wuhan Three Towns foreign aid Enrique competed for the top.

An increase in net play time leads to goals

Although there are certain accidental factors, it also stems from the fact that the teams in the Super League have been more active in the game this season, and have the courage to challenge away from home and challenge strong teams, fully demonstrating their enterprising spirit. This season, it is not uncommon to see the "famous scene" of defeating the strong and upsetting the strong team away from home. After the first few rounds of adaptation, the number of goals gradually increased, and recently, the average goals per game in the 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th rounds of a total of 7 rounds reached or exceeded 3 goals per game.

An interesting statistic is that this round of the league is compared with the 15th round of the 2018 season and the 18th round of the 2017 season, and the home and away teams score 21 goals compared to the away team 22 goals in this round; The 15th round of the 2018 season was 23-14; The 18th round of the 2017 season was 23-13. The percentage of away teams scoring goals has increased significantly this season.

The reason behind the increase in goals is the increase in net game time, which averaged 54 minutes and 27 seconds per game in the first 11 rounds, compared to just 50 minutes and 51 seconds per game in the 2023 season. The use of precise stoppage time has almost disappeared the procrastination behavior, and the intensity and excitement of the Super League games, including the technical and tactical performance, have also been significantly improved.

In this season's Chinese Super League, the ball market and attention continued to improve, the style and discipline of the game were significantly improved, and the technical and tactical level and various data indicators were steadily improved. With the love of racing for the future, the Chinese Super League brings fans a feast of vitality and passion with more goals, more exciting games, more ups and downs and more inspiring sports stories.

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