At 7:30pm Beijing time on August 28th, the 15th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League officially started, Wuhan Sanzhen Football Club hosted the visiting Shenzhen team at Wuhan Sports Center. Wuhan Sanzhen got off to a dream start in just five minutes, with Malcolm breaking the deadlock with a clever shot to take a 1-0 lead. Malcolm then added a second goal to give Wuhan Sanzhen a 2-0 lead at the end of the first half.
Wuhan Sanzhen scored three goals in the opening five minutes of the second half, with Edmilson, He Chao and Davidson making the score 5-0. Although Achimpen pulled a point back for Shenzhen, Wuhan Sanzhen sealed the 5-1 win, creating the longest winning streak in the Chinese Super League at 12 consecutive victories in the team's history.
On the table, Wuhan Sanzhen occupies the top spot with 13 wins and 1 draw in 14 rounds, 1 point ahead of Shandong Taishan. Shenzhen, on the other hand, ranked 13th with 16 points. As for the starting lineups of both sides, Wuhan Sanzhen has Malcolm and Davidson as the core players, while Shenzhen has Gao Lin and Achim Peng as the frontline partners.
It is worth mentioning that Shenzhen player Jiang Zhipeng was sent off with a red card for a malicious foul in this match, making Shenzhen one man short. In the end, Wuhan Sanzhen beat Shenzhen 5-1, winning the longest Chinese Super League 12 consecutive victories in the team's history.
Here are the starting lineups for both sides:
Wuhan Three Town start: 1-Wu Fei, 23-Ren Hang, 3-Wallace, 18-Liu Yiming, 25-Deng Hanwen, 20-Gao Zhunyi, 12-Zhang Xiaobin, 43-Stanchu, 30-Xie Pengfei, 13-Malcolm, 11-Davidson
Shenzhen starting lineup: 24-Dong Chunyu, 2-Ye Lijiang, 5-Lin Caimin, 6-Pei Shuai, 11-Zhang Yuan, 21-Jiang Zhipeng, 26-Yuan Mincheng, 30-Huang Ruifeng, 8-Dai Weijun, 7-Achimpen, 29-Gao Lin.
