AFC Champions League Elite

FT Wednesday, February 22, 2017
ESC Eastern SC 0
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Guangzhou DWDLW 7
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Tianhe Stadium · 38,631 att.

Match Report

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Guangzhou Evergrande thrash nine-man Eastern SC in ACL opener

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
2
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
15
11
Saves
0
24.3
Possession
75.7
2
SHOTS
38
0
ON GOAL
18
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
103
Accurate Passes
480
182
Passes
526
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
15
3
Crosses
47
0.7
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
36
18
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
7
14
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
11
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
4
29
Clearances
4

Lineups

GUA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 19Cheng ZengG
  2. 6Feng XiaotingCD-L
  3. 5Zhang LinpengCD-R
  4. 35Xuepeng LiLB
  5. 12Wang ShangyuanRB
  6. 11Ricardo GoulartAM
  7. 8PaulinhoLM
  8. 10Zheng ZhiRM
  9. 29Gao LinF
  10. 7AlanAM-L
  11. 2Liao LishengAM-R

ESC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hung-Fai YappG
  2. 2Josh MitchellCD-L
  3. 15Roberto JúniorCD-R
  4. 30Tsz-Ho WongLB
  5. 21Kam-To TsangRB
  6. 3Diego EliAM
  7. 4He BaiLM
  8. 28Wong Chi-ChungRM
  9. 9Manuel BledaF
  10. 17Hong-Lim LeeAM-L
  11. 23Jaimes McKeeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Wong Tsz-Ho (Eastern SC) is shown the red card.
  2. 4' Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 1, Eastern SC 0. Ricardo Goulart (Guangzhou Evergrande) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 22' Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 2, Eastern SC 0. Wang Shangyan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  4. 25' Wong Chi-Chung (Eastern SC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  5. 25' Penalty saved! Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  6. 33' Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 3, Eastern SC 0. Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Goulart.
  7. 34' Second yellow card to Wong Chi-Chung (Eastern SC) for a bad foul.
  8. 47' Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 4, Eastern SC 0. Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Gao Lin.
  9. 59' Substitution, Guangzhou Evergrande. Yu Hanchao replaces Zheng Zhi.
  10. 62' Substitution, Eastern SC. Tse Man-Wing replaces Lee Hong-Lim.
  11. 65' Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 5, Eastern SC 0. Alan (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Li Xuepeng.
  12. 66' Substitution, Guangzhou Evergrande. Zhang Wenzhao replaces Gao Lin.
  13. 71' Substitution, Eastern SC. Xu Deshuai replaces Tsang Kam-To.
  14. 72' Substitution, Guangzhou Evergrande. Zheng Long replaces Li Xuepeng.
  15. 80' Substitution, Eastern SC. Ng Wai-Chiu replaces Roberto.
  16. 82' Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 6, Eastern SC 0. Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zheng Long.
  17. 84' Goal! Guangzhou Evergrande 7, Eastern SC 0. Wang Shangyan (Guangzhou Evergrande) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Zhang Wenzhao.

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