SHANGHAI SIPG vs Daejeon Citizen 1-1

SHANGHAI SIPG and Daejeon Citizen drew 1-1 in Shanghai after the game swung in a seven-minute spell after the break. Prince Ampem put the home side in front on 49 minutes, but Diogo Oliveira replied five minutes later and neither side found a winner.

The first half stayed goalless until stoppage time, when Wei Zhen of SHANGHAI SIPG and João Victor of Daejeon Citizen were both booked in the 45th minute plus two. That left it 0-0 at half-time.

Ampem opened the scoring on 49 minutes, only for Oliveira to equalise on 54 minutes from Jeong Jae-hee's assist. Daejeon then made three changes on 63 minutes, with Um Won-Sang, Joo Min-Kyu and Gustav Ludwigson introduced as João Victor, Diogo Oliveira and Jeong Jae-hee went off, while SHANGHAI SIPG also made three changes at the same time, bringing on Liu Zhurun, Li Shuai and Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza for Mateus Vital, Wang Zhen’ao and Wu Lei. The home side kept the ball for long spells after that, and Daejeon protected the point through their own late changes, including Park Kyu-Hyun's replacement by Kim Jin-ya on 89 minutes.

SHANGHAI SIPG had 64% of the ball and made 568 passes to Daejeon Citizen's 324. They also had more shots on target, 5-4, but Daejeon led the shots 11-9, had more corners 5-2, and posted the higher xG at 0.84 to 0.44. The away side also finished with more saves, 4-3, and slightly more fouls, 16-15.

There were three yellow cards in total. Wei Zhen and João Victor were booked in first-half stoppage time, and Park Kyu-Hyun was shown a yellow on 60 minutes. No red cards were shown.