At 19:30 on October 4, the 21st round of the 2022 Chinese Super League (CSL) was played at the Puwan Stadium in Dalian, where Dalian People and Tianjin Jinmen Tigers met each other. The match was uneventful, and Dalian People lost 0-2 in the end. Wang Qiuming broke the deadlock in the 13th minute and Andujar added a goal in the 82nd minute to seal the win. Dalian People now has 4 wins, 7 draws, 8 losses, 19 points, suffered 2 consecutive losses, the last 3 rounds of home performance is low, the last 5 meetings with Jinmen Tigers for the first time lost. Jinmen Tigers, on the other hand, with 7 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, accumulating 26 points, two consecutive victories, and a strong performance on the road as well.
Looking back at the first 18 rounds of the Chinese Super League (CSL), Dalian People are ranked 12th and Jinmen Tigers are ranked 11th. In the history of the two teams' meetings in the CSL and the AFC Cup, Dalian (including Albion, Fang Fang and Dalian People) have 5 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses, while the meetings with Tianjin (including Kangshi, TEDA and Jinmen Tigers) have 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. In the last 4 meetings, Dalian Ren suffered a total loss. In this campaign, Dalian people have 1 draw and 1 loss at home, while Jinmen Tiger has 1 win and 1 draw on the road and conceded zero goals. The starting lineup has been changed, with Dalian's Lin Liangming and Manzocchi replacing Huang Jiahui (suspended for yellow card accumulation) and Yan Xianggong, and Jinmen Tiger's Wang Zhenghao replacing Bai Yuefeng.
[Highlights]
In the 13th minute, Rosa made a clever cross from the bottom line on the left side of the box, and Wang Qiuming easily picked up the ball in the middle of the box for his second goal in the Chinese Super League this season, and the Zimmen Tigers took the lead in the first half with just this one strike, 1-0!
In the 20th minute, Mamba attempted a header from the right side of the box, but Fang Jingqi quickly blocked the ball off the line.
In the 76th minute, Manzocchi's header from 9 meters in front of the goal was not strong enough and Fang Jingqi easily pocketed the ball.
In the 82nd minute, Park Taoyu's precise pass from the right side of the road, Andujar shoveled a shot from the middle of the penalty area line for his first goal of the season, and the only two shots on target for the Jinmen Tigers in the match were both converted into goals, with Dalian trailing 0-2!
In the end, the Dalianese were defeated 0-2 by the Tsimshatsui Tigers.
[Lineups of both teams]
Dalianjin (433): 30-Wu Nanan; 24-Liu Le (46'38-Lv Zhuo Yi (U23)), 22-Dong Yanfeng, 44-Laurez, 11-Sun Guowen; 10-Tsonev, 31-Lv Peng, 28-Fei Yu (54'39-Yan Xianggong); 7-Lin Liangming, 45-Manzocchi, 17- Mamba (45'23-Shang Yin);
Substitutes: 1-Zhang Chong, 2-Lin Longchang, 6-Wang Xianjun (U23), 18-He Yupeng (U23), 20-Wang Tengda (U23), 21-Gui Zihan (U23), 25-Feng Zeyuan (U23), 33-Song Zhiwei, 37-Ning Hao
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers (4141): 22-Fang Jingqi; 32-Su Yuanjie, 33-Song Yue, 2-Andujar, 3-Wang Zhenghao (U23); 31-Tian Yinong; 18-Rosa (64'40-Shi Yan (U23)), 38-Merida, 30-Wang Qiuming ('74 ' 24-Park Taoyu), 29-Barton (86'7-Zhoutong); 11-Shey Weijun (86'9-Belich);
Substitutes: 5-Qiu Tianyi, 6-Gao Jiarun, 17-Zhou Zheng, 21-Zhang Xingliang (U23), 23-Qian Yumiao, 25-Yan Bingliang (U23), 26-Xu Jiamin, 27-Zhang Wei
