At 19:30 on October 4, the 21st round of the 2022 Chinese Super League season, Dalian People and Tianjin Jinmen Tigers played a passionate match at the Puwan Stadium in Dalian. Although both sides failed to create many chances throughout the match, Dalian People lost 0-2. The turning point of the game came in the 13th minute, when Wang Qiuming broke the deadlock, and in the 82nd minute, Andujar again sealed the victory for the Tigers. Dalian, with 19 points from four wins, seven draws and eight losses, have suffered two consecutive defeats, with one draw and two losses in their last three home matches. Jinmen Tigers, on the other hand, have 26 points with 7 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, two consecutive victories, and have performed quite well on the road in the last three rounds.
Looking back at the first 18 rounds of the Chinese Super League (CSL), Dalian ranked 12th in the table with 4 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses and 19 points, while Tianjin Tigers ranked 11th with 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses and 23 points. In the history of Dalian and Tianjin's meetings in the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup, there were 13 meetings, with Dalian winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 7 times. In the last 4 meetings between the two teams (3 games in the CSL + 1 game in the AFC Cup), Dalian won all of them. In addition, Dalian's last two home games have resulted in 1 draw and 1 loss, while Jinmen Tiger's last two away games have resulted in 1 win, 1 draw and no goals conceded. In this match, Dalian's Lin Liangming and Manzocchi replaced Huang Jiahui (suspended for yellow card accumulation) and Yan Xianggong respectively, while Jinmen Tiger's Wang Zhenghao replaced Bai Yuefeng.
[Course Highlights]
In the 13th minute, Rosa crossed the ball near the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area and Wang Qiuming scored with a clever pick-up inside the area for his second CSL goal of the season, giving the Zimmen Tigers a 1-0 lead with the goal.
In the 20th minute, Mamba took a header from the right side of the box, but Fang Jingqi was able to block it in time and knock the ball off the line.
In the 76th minute, Manzocchi's header from 9 meters away from the goal was not strong enough and was easily parried by Fang Jingqi.
In the 82nd minute, Park Taewoo crossed the ball from the right side and Andujar shoveled in a shot from inside the box for his first goal of the season to extend the Jinmen Tigers' lead to 2-0.
In the end, the Dalianese were defeated 0-2 by the Tsimshatsui Tigers.
[Both lineups]
Dalian Ren (433): 30-Wu Nano; 24-Liu Le, 22-Dong Yanfeng, 44-Laurez, 11-Sun Guowen; 10-Tsonev, 31-Lv Peng, 28-Fei Yu; 7-Lin Liangming, 45-Manzocchi, 17-Mamba
Substitutes: 1-Zhang Chong, 2-Lin Longchang, 6-Wang Xianjun, 18-Ho Yupeng, 20-Wang Tengda, 21-Gui Zihan, 25-Feng Zeyuan, 33-Song Zhiwei, 37-Ning Hao
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers (4141): 22-Fang Jingqi; 32-Su Yuanjie, 33-Song Yue, 2-Andujar, 3-Wang Zhenghao; 31-Tian Yinong; 18-Rosa, 38-Merida, 30-Wang Qiuming; 29-Barton
Substitutes not on the field: 5-Qiu Tianyi, 6-Gao Jiarun, 17-Zhou Zheng, 21-Zhang Xingliang, 23-Qian Yumiao, 25-Yan Bingliang, 26-Xu Jiamin, 27-Zhang Wei
