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| Date | 26 February 2018 | ||||||
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| Venue | Hongkou Football Stadium,Shanghai | ||||||
| Man of the Match |  Alan Carvalho | ||||||
| Referee | Fu Ming | ||||||
| Attendance | 23,998 | ||||||
| Weather | Clear / 9°C / 68% humidity | ||||||
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Weshare Wealth[1] 2018 Chinese FA Super Cup (Chinese:掌众财富2018中国足球协会超级杯) was the 16thChinese FA Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season'sChinese Super League andFA Cup competitions. It was held atHongkou Football Stadium on 26 February 2018.[2] The match was played betweenGuangzhou Evergrande Taobao, champions of the2017 Chinese Super League, andShanghai Greenland Shenhua, the winner of the2017 Chinese FA Cup.[3] Policy of foreign players and U-23 domestic players was executed for the first time in the tournament. At most three foreign players can play in the match while at least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1995) must be in the starting eleven; The total number of foreign players must be no more than the total number of U-23 domestic players in the match.[4]
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won the match 4–1 with goals fromHuang Bowen,Alan Carvalho,Gao Lin andRicardo Goulart, either side of a goal from Shenhua midfielderFredy Guarín.[5] This was Guangzhou Evergrande's fourthChinese FA Super Cup title, breaking a tie with Shanghai Shenhua andDalian Shide which had stood since Guangzhou Evergrande won their third title last year.[6]
| Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 4–1 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua |
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Man of the Match: | Match rules
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| Chinese FA Super Cup 2018 Winners |
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| Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Fourth title |
| Statistic | Guangzhou Evergrande | Shanghai Shenhua |
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| Goals scored | 4 | 1 |
| Possession | 51% | 49% |
| Shots | 22 | 11 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 3 |
| Passes / Pass completed | 344 / 77% | 305 / 67% |
| Corner kicks | 8 | 5 |
| Free kicks | 16 | 24 |
| Fouls | 21 | 11 |
| Offsides | 3 | 6 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Actual playing time | 40:34 | |
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