The 18th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League season began on September 13 at 7:30 p.m. with the match between Guangzhou City and Guangzhou at the Yuexiushan Stadium in Guangzhou. In this matchup, Guangzhou City narrowly defeated their opponents by a 1-0 margin. In the 60th minute, Li Yongjia sealed the victory for Guangzhou City with a wonderful long-distance shot and a world wave. Guangzhou City won their last two home matches consecutively, and despite 3 wins, 14 losses and 9 points, they are still in the bottom two of the table. In this Chinese Super League derby, Guangzhou City finally broke the curse of not winning in the last 8 encounters, with 1 win and 2 draws in the last 3 encounters, a remarkable performance. However, Guangzhou only achieved 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 5 rounds of matches, and failed to win all 4 away matches after resuming the home-and-away system, accumulating 11 points from 3 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses, and still ranked in the bottom three of the table.
Looking back at the first 17 rounds of the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou City is also at the bottom of the table with 6 points from 2 wins and 14 losses due to one less game, while Guangzhou is at the bottom third with 11 points from 3 wins, 2 draws and 12 losses. Guangzhou City and Guangzhou (including Evergrande) have met 24 times in the Chinese Super League (CSL) and the FA Cup, with Guangzhou City winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 12. In the last 7 CSL derby encounters, Guangzhou City has 2 draws and 5 losses, while both sides drew in both rounds last season. Li Wei Feng took over and led Guangzhou City to a 2-0 home win over Jinmen Tigers, ending an embarrassing 13-game losing streak. Guangzhou have drawn two and lost two of their last four matches, and have lost all three of their away matches since reverting to the home-and-away system.
As for the starting lineup, Guangzhou City did not make any changes from the previous round, while Guangzhou partially rotated their lineup, with Chen Rijin, Hou Yu, and Zheng Shengxiong replacing Rong Hao, Cai Mingmin, and Li Jiaheng respectively.
[Highlights]
In the 4th minute, Yang Liyu took a long-distance shot from the left rib, and Han Jiaqi parried the ball off the line.
In the 10th minute, Yan Dinghao's free kick from the left was sent diagonally to the back of the penalty area, Yang Liyu swung his header back, Wu Shaochong's header from the right side of the penalty area line was connected to the goal, and Han Jiaqi made a world-class save to put the ball out of the bottom line.
In the 21st minute, Guilherme took a direct shot from a free kick 30 meters away from the goal, and Zhang Jianzhi firmly confiscated the ball.
In the 33rd minute, Song Wenjie shoveled a shot from close range inside the penalty area, and Zhang Jianzhi subconsciously intercepted the ball with his legs and got the ball.
In the 44th minute, Zhang Jianzhi's curling ball from the right side of the penalty area appeared to be a pass or a shot, and Zhang Jianzhi's double fist knocked the ball out.
In the 51st minute, Li Yongjia forced a breakthrough in the middle to the middle of the penalty area line, Zhang Jianzhi bravely parried the ball out, Guilherme sent to the right side of the penalty area in front of the goal and was again deflected by Zhang Jianzhi.
In the 60th minute, Li Tixiang crossed the ball from the left rib, Li Yongjia pulled the ball under his foot and curled the ball in front of the top of the arc to the bottom right corner of the goal to win, Guangzhou City led 1-0!
In the 78th minute, Yan Dinghao arc top edge of the long-distance shot, Han Jiaqi flying out of the ball, Wei Shihao small penalty area in the right corner to make up for the empty goal actually put a foot high shot.
In the end, Guangzhou City won 1-0 against Guangzhou.
[Both lineups]
Guangzhou City (541): 22-Han Jiaqi (U23); 13-Ningan, 17-Fu Yun Cheng, 19-Jiang Jihong, 18-Yi Teng (80'31-Zhang Jinliang (U23)), 35-Liao Jiajun (U23); 10-Li Tixiang (69'7-Cardona), 38-Li Yongjia (U23) ( 69'6-Fan Yunlong), 4-Zhang Gong, 12-Guilherme (80'9-Gui Hong); 29-Song Wenjie (59'11-Ye Chugui);
Substitutes not playing: 1-Cheng Yuelei, 15-Wang Peng, 21-Chang Feiya, 32-Chen Zhizhao, 39-Su Yuliang (U23), 40-Yang Yang (U23), 41-Wu Junjie (U23)
Guangzhou (442): 19-Zhang Jianzhi (U23); 38-Chen Rijin (U23) (64'3-Zhao Wenzhe (U23)), 5-Wu Shaochong (U23), 6-Li Yang, 18-Fan Hengbo (U23); 7-Wei Shihao, 15-Yan Dinghao, 34-Hou Yu (U23) (54'46- Artemisia), 21-Jung Shengxiong (U23) (64'33-Cai Mingmin (U23)); 28-Ling Jie (U23) (88'26-Chen Long (U23)), 17-Yang Liyu;
Substitutes not playing: 4-Chen Quanjiang (U23), 11-Xie Zifeng, 14-Zhang Zili (U23), 20-Wang Shilong (U23), 23-Li Jiaheng (U23), 24-Ho Xinjie (U23), 39-Huang Guangliang (U23), 42-Zhang Jihao (U23)
