With 43 goals in a single round, how did the new record of the Chinese Super League come to be?

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2024-05-19 10:24Posted on the official account of Guangdong Football News

Reporter Chen Yong reported that in the last game of the 12th round of the Chinese Super League, Qingdao West Coast played Shanghai Port at home, after Wu Lei and Gustavo scored, Qingdao West Coast naturalized player Alan pushed the goal back in the 35th minute. This goal is the 38th goal of the Chinese Super League in this round, and then broke the record of 37 goals in the 15th round of the Chinese Super League in the 2018 season, achieving a new record for single-round goals since the Chinese Super League and the top league of Chinese football.

The game followed with five more goals and six top-flight league goals, with the final record set at 43 goals in a single round. So, how did this new top-flight record come about?

Because next week is a double match, this round of matches is scheduled for a total of 4 match days, spanning Wednesday to Saturday, including Shanghai Shenhua and Qingdao Manatee, who scored first on the 15th. The two sides drew 0-0 until the 87th minute of the game, and no one would have imagined that this round of the Chinese Super League would produce such an astonishing record.

In the final stage of that game, Shenhua won the game 2-0 thanks to the successive goals of Jiang Shenglong and Malele. Jiang Shenglong, who broke the deadlock for Shenhua, not only managed to score the 1,500th goal in team history, but also completed a crucial goalmouth clearance - only to realize afterwards that Shenhua became the only team to keep a clean sheet in this round.

Looking at all 8 matchups in this round, there are not many teams like Qingdao Manatee that focus on defense and counterattack. Even the Manatees only shrank when they faced the leaders away from home.

The two promoted horses, Shenzhen Xinpeng City and Qingdao West Coast, they will focus on ground offense in the 2023 season, and the style after entering the Chinese Super League is also a balanced offensive and defensive style of play, Shenzhen Xinpeng City's average possession rate per game is 52%, the same as Beijing Guoan, higher than 50% of Shandong Taishan, Qingdao West Coast's average possession rate per game is 48%, considering their identity in the first year of the Super League, this number is not low.

Wuhan Three Towns still insists on a balanced style of play after leaving a number of local main players, and the current average ball possession rate per game is as high as 49%; In the past, Henan Jiuzu Dukang, who insisted on 5 defenders all year round, also dominated the balanced play of 4 defenders this season, and the possession rate was also 48%; Including Nantong Zhiyun, the possession rate this season has also reached 48%; Changchun Yatai has also undergone significant changes, Chen Yang emphasized offense at the beginning of the season, and Xie Hui also used the tactics of "pressing and playing" after taking over, with an average ball possession of 49% per game.

The typical representatives of offensive football this season are Shanghai Port and Zhejiang. Among them, Shanghai Port has scored 21 goals in the last 4 rounds, and they have a total of 37 goals in the case of one less game (postponed the first game with Meizhou), which is 10 goals more than Shenhua, which is second in the scoring list.

The pure anti-counterplay has a clear representative of the Cangzhou Lions, their average possession rate in the previous 11 rounds was only 33%, but in this round of the game, the Cangzhou Lions changed the 5-back tactics to 4-back tactics, strengthened the front-court attack, and then joined forces with Tianjin Jinmen Tigers to dedicate 6 goals, Cangzhou Lions were bombarded with 22 shots, but their goal conversion rate was too low, and they finally lost the game 2-4.

A more balanced style of play and a more open attitude have become an important reason for the increase in the number of goals scored in the Chinese Super League. The Manatees, who have scored seven goals after 12 rounds, are currently in the bottom of the table and are the team with the fewest goals so far this season, but they are also in single digits for the second-to-last Meizhou Hakka, who have scored nine goals, and all 14 teams are averaging more than one goal per game. And the terrifying number of 43 goals in a single round was born under such a premise.

In fact, not only in this round of the Chinese Super League, but also in the number of goals scored in the Chinese Super League this season, there has been a significant increase. At present, 292 goals have been scored in all 95 games in the first 12 rounds of the 2024 Chinese Super League, with an average of 3.07 goals per game, which is a new high in the past five seasons, after only 2.82, 2.54, 2.86 and 2.78 goals in the previous 2020 to 2023 seasons. Even in the era of Jinyuan football, that is, from the 2012 season to the 2019 season, it is only slightly lower than the average of 3.09 goals per game in the 2019 season and 3.20 goals per game in the 2018 season.

Corresponding to the number of goals scored, the 2024 season has seen a significant increase in net game time: the average net game time in the first 11 rounds is 54 minutes and 27 seconds, compared to 50 minutes and 51 seconds per game in the 2023 season. In fact, the increase in net play time has naturally led to an increase in the number of goals, with a net time of 55 minutes and 38 seconds in this round compared to 52 minutes and 43 seconds in the 15th round of the 2018 season.

After the use of precise stoppage time, the phenomenon of delaying time has become less and less, and the few delays are also tactical behaviors, such as adjusting when the team is passive, or slowing down when the physical limit is limited, and no team uses the delay time to consume time, because it is meaningless. As a result, the intensity and excitement of the Super League have been significantly improved.

Of course, the increase in the number of goals in the Chinese Super League also has a certain relationship with the use of 5 foreign aids, when the previous 4 foreign aides played, some teams were attacking tridents, but most of the teams were 1 central defender + 1 back + 2 forwards, but now, the teams are generally foreign aid trident configuration, and the scoring ability has naturally improved. However, local players also performed well, with 18 of the 29 goals scored in the 11th round of the Chinese Super League.

In this season's Chinese Super League, the style and discipline have been significantly improved, and the technical and tactical level and various data indicators have been 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.

Fans also reciprocated the excitement and intensity of the Chinese Super League: 7 of the first 11 rounds of the Chinese Super League had an average attendance of more than 20,000 people, of which the fourth round was a new high in the past 5 years with a total attendance of 196073 and an average of 24,509 people per game, and the 53,898 spectators in Beijing Guoan in this round were also a new high in the Super League in the past five years.

Among the 43 goals in this round of the Chinese Super League, the home team scored 21 goals and the away team scored 22 goals, and the away fans are also the new highlights of the Chinese Super League in the new season, such as the game between Henan Jiuzu Du Kang and Wuhan Three Towns, nearly 1,000 Wuhan Three Towns fans came to Zhengzhou, and before, Qingdao Manatee vs. Shandong Taishan game, Shandong Taishan 4762 fans for 5 years high, the first round of the season to Cangzhou Beijing Guoan fans are also as high as 4582 fans.

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