TotalBound Football
China
FT
3–0
24 Sep 2026
Maldives
International Friendlies Thu 24 Sep, 12:35London Chongqing Longxing Football Stadium, Chongqing Asker Nadjafaliev

Timeline

  1. 8' Yihao Zhong Yellow Card
  2. 45' Wai-Tsun Dai for Ming-Yang Yang
  3. 45' Yan Bingliang for Liu Dianzuo
  4. 45' Wei Zhen for Li Yang
  5. 45' Xie Wenneng for Han Pengfei
  6. 45' Zhao Songyuan for Wei Shihao
  7. 45' Yang Mingrui for Bunyamin Abdusalam
  8. 45' Wang Gengrui for Liu Yang
  9. 45' Chen Pu for Yihao Zhong
  10. 45' Wang Shangyuan for Huang Jiahui
  11. 45' Ahzam Rasheed for Areen Abdulla Ibrahim
  12. 50' Wang Ziming assist Wang Shangyuan
  13. 56' Wang Ziming assist Chen Pu
  14. 60' Jiang Guangtai for Gao Zhunyi
  15. 62' Hussain Sifaau for Ahmed Aiham
  16. 62' Ali Fasir for Muzdhan Hassan
  17. 63' Wang Ziming assist Wang Gengrui
  18. 73' Du Yuezheng for Wang Ziming
  19. 76' Nisham Mohamed Rasheed for Ibrahim Aisham
  20. 90'+2' Ibrahim Mahudhee Hussain for Nassah Ibrahim Nasir
  21. 90'+2' Thoif Gasim for Hassan Eenaaz

Match stats

67.3% Possession 32.7%
24 Shots 0
10 On target 0
5 Fouls 3
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
7 Offsides 0
0 Saves 7
477 Accurate passes 199

Lineups

China 4-4-2
12 Dianzuo
19 Yang 28 Yang 18 Pengfei 4 Zhunyi
23 Zhong 15 Yang 14 Jiahui 17 Abdusalam
10 Shihao 9 Ziming
Maldives 4-2-3-1

Positions for this side have not been published yet. The eleven are in the list below.

China 4-4-2
  1. 12 Liu Dianzuo ▼ G
  2. 28 Li Yang ▼ CD-L
  3. 18 Han Pengfei ▼ CD-R
  4. 19 Liu Yang ▼ LB
  5. 4 Gao Zhunyi ▼ RB
  6. 15 Ming-Yang Yang ▼ CM-L
  7. 14 Huang Jiahui ▼ CM-R
  8. 23 Yihao Zhong ▼ LM
  9. 17 Bunyamin Abdusalam ▼ RM
  10. 10 Wei Shihao ▼ CF-L
  11. 9 Wang Ziming ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 26 Du Yuezheng ▲ SUB
  2. 30 Yan Bingliang ▲ SUB
  3. 6 Wang Shangyuan ▲ SUB
  4. 25 Yang Mingrui ▲ SUB
  5. 5 Wei Zhen ▲ SUB
  6. 21 Chen Pu ▲ SUB
  7. 27 Zhao Songyuan ▲ SUB
  8. 7 Xie Wenneng ▲ SUB
  9. 2 Jiang Guangtai ▲ SUB
  10. 3 Wang Gengrui ▲ SUB
  11. 11 Wai-Tsun Dai ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 20 Tao Qianglong SUB
  2. 13 Shenghao Huang SUB
  3. 24 Zhang Aihui SUB
  4. 1 Yan Junling SUB
Maldives 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Hussain Shareef G
  2. 15 Amdhan Ali CD-L
  3. 2 Samooh Ali CD-R
  4. 14 Haisham Hassan LB
  5. 20 Hassan Eenaaz ▼ AM
  6. 8 Ibrahim Aisham ▼ LM
  7. 12 Ahmed Aiham ▼ RM
  8. 23 Muzdhan Hassan ▼ F
  9. 11 Areen Abdulla Ibrahim ▼ AM-L
  10. 21 Ibrahim Hassan AM-R

Came on

  1. 4 Hussain Sifaau ▲ SUB
  2. 6 Nisham Mohamed Rasheed ▲ SUB
  3. 7 Ali Fasir ▲ SUB
  4. 16 Ahzam Rasheed ▲ SUB
  5. 17 Ibrahim Mahudhee Hussain ▲ SUB
  6. 3 Thoif Gasim ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 13 Ahmed Numaan SUB
  2. 18 Mohamed Ashwaan SUB
  3. 5 Nassah Ibrahim Nasir SUB
  4. 9 Abdulla Looth Ibrahim SUB
  5. 19 Ahmed Maish Rasheed SUB
  6. 22 Mohamed Yaameen SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, China PR 3, Maldives 0.
  2. 90'+6' Second Half ends, China PR 3, Maldives 0.
  3. 90'+2' Substitution, Maldives. Thoif Gasim replaces Hassan Eenaaz because of an injury.
  4. 90'+2' Substitution, Maldives. Ibrahim Mahudhee replaces Nassah Ibrahim Nasir.
  5. 90'+1' Attempt missed. Yang Mingrui (China PR) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Xie Wenneng with a cross.
  6. 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  7. 90'+1' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  8. 90' Delay in match because of an injury Hassan Eenaaz (Maldives).
  9. 88' Attempt missed. Yang Mingrui (China PR) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Wang Gengrui with a cross.
  10. 85' Offside, China PR. Du Yuezheng is caught offside.
  11. 84' Attempt missed. Dai Weijun (China PR) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Chen Pu.
  12. 82' Offside, China PR. Wang Gengrui is caught offside.
84 earlier entries
  1. 81' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Hussain Shareef.
  2. 81' Attempt saved. Zhao Songyuan (China PR) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Hussain Shareef (Maldives).
  3. 81' Attempt saved. Zhao Songyuan (China PR) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hussain Shareef (Maldives). Assisted by Chen Pu with a cross.
  4. 80' Attempt blocked. Du Yuezheng (China PR) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
  5. 80' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Haisham Hassan.
  6. 80' Attempt blocked. Wang Shangyuan (China PR) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  7. 76' Substitution, Maldives. Nisham Mohamed Rasheed replaces Ibrahim Aisam.
  8. 75' Foul by Chen Pu (China PR).
  9. 75' Hussain Sifaau (Maldives) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 73' Offside, China PR. Du Yuezheng is caught offside.
  11. 73' Substitution, China PR. Du Yuezheng replaces Wang Ziming.
  12. 73' Attempt saved. Zhao Songyuan (China PR) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Hussain Shareef (Maldives). Assisted by Wang Ziming with a through ball.
  13. 67' Handball by Wang Ziming (China PR).
  14. 66' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Hussain Sifaau.
  15. 66' Attempt saved. Zhao Songyuan (China PR) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hussain Shareef (Maldives). Assisted by Wang Ziming.
  16. 65' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  17. 65' Delay in match because of an injury Hussain Shareef (Maldives).
  18. 63' Goal! China PR 3, Maldives 0. Wang Ziming (China PR) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wang Gengrui with a cross.
  19. 62' Substitution, Maldives. Ali Fasir replaces Muzdhan Hassan.
  20. 62' Substitution, Maldives. Hussain Sifaau replaces Ahmed Aiham.
  21. 61' Attempt missed. Zhao Songyuan (China PR) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dai Weijun with a cross following a corner.
  22. 61' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Ibrahim Waheed Hassan.
  23. 60' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Hussain Shareef.
  24. 60' Attempt saved. Jiang Guangtai (China PR) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Hussain Shareef (Maldives). Assisted by Dai Weijun with a cross.
  25. 60' Substitution, China PR. Jiang Guangtai replaces Gao Zhunyi.
  26. 59' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Ahzam Rasheed.
  27. 56' Goal! China PR 2, Maldives 0. Wang Ziming (China PR) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chen Pu with a cross.
  28. 54' Offside, China PR. Chen Pu is caught offside.
  29. 52' Attempt missed. Wang Ziming (China PR) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wang Gengrui with a cross.
  30. 51' Wang Gengrui (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  31. 51' Foul by Nassah Ibrahim Nasir (Maldives).
  32. 50' Goal! China PR 1, Maldives 0. Wang Ziming (China PR) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wang Shangyuan with a through ball.
  33. 47' Dai Weijun (China PR) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  34. 47' Foul by Muzdhan Hassan (Maldives).
  35. 45' Substitution, China PR. Wang Shangyuan replaces Huang Jiahui.
  36. 45' Substitution, China PR. Chen Pu replaces Zhong Yihao.
  37. 45' Substitution, China PR. Wang Gengrui replaces Liu Yang.
  38. 45' Substitution, China PR. Yang Mingrui replaces Bunyamin Abdusalam.
  39. 45' Substitution, China PR. Zhao Songyuan replaces Wei Shihao.
  40. 45' Substitution, China PR. Xie Wenneng replaces Han Pengfei.
  41. 45' Substitution, China PR. Wei Zhen replaces Li Yang.
  42. 45' Substitution, China PR. Yan Bingliang replaces Liu Dianzuo.
  43. 45' Substitution, China PR. Dai Weijun replaces Yang Mingyang.
  44. 45' Substitution, Maldives. Ahzam Rasheed replaces Areen Abdulla Ibrahim.
  45. 45' Substitution, Maldives. Nassah Ibrahim Nasir replaces Ahmed Aiham.
  46. 45' Second Half begins China PR 0, Maldives 0.
  47. 45'+4' First Half ends, China PR 0, Maldives 0.
  48. 45'+4' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  49. 45'+4' Delay in match because of an injury Samooh Ali (Maldives).
  50. 45'+3' Attempt missed. Wei Shihao (China PR) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  51. 45'+1' Foul by Wang Ziming (China PR).
  52. 45'+1' Hussain Shareef (Maldives) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  53. 45' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  54. 41' Attempt saved. Wei Shihao (China PR) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Hussain Shareef (Maldives). Assisted by Zhong Yihao.
  55. 41' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  56. 41' Delay in match because of an injury Hussain Shareef (Maldives).
  57. 39' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Hassan Eenaaz.
  58. 39' Attempt blocked. Wang Ziming (China PR) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Wei Shihao with a cross.
  59. 39' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Ahmed Aiham.
  60. 39' Attempt blocked. Zhong Yihao (China PR) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wang Ziming.
  61. 35' Attempt blocked. Wei Shihao (China PR) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wang Ziming.
  62. 34' Offside, China PR. Zhong Yihao is caught offside.
  63. 31' Foul by Wei Shihao (China PR).
  64. 31' Ahmed Aiham (Maldives) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  65. 31' Attempt missed. Han Pengfei (China PR) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gao Zhunyi following a corner.
  66. 30' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Samooh Ali.
  67. 28' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Ahmed Aiham.
  68. 28' Attempt missed. Gao Zhunyi (China PR) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  69. 27' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Hassan Eenaaz.
  70. 25' Gao Zhunyi (China PR) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  71. 25' Foul by Ahmed Aiham (Maldives).
  72. 20' Attempt missed. Wang Ziming (China PR) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  73. 17' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Hassan Eenaaz.
  74. 15' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Haisham Hassan.
  75. 11' Attempt saved. Bunyamin Abdusalam (China PR) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hussain Shareef (Maldives). Assisted by Wang Ziming.
  76. 9' Offside, China PR. Wei Shihao is caught offside.
  77. 8' Zhong Yihao (China PR) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  78. 8' Foul by Zhong Yihao (China PR).
  79. 8' Samooh Ali (Maldives) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  80. 4' Offside, China PR. Wei Shihao is caught offside.
  81. 3' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Areen Abdulla Ibrahim.
  82. 1' Corner, China PR. Conceded by Haisham Hassan.
  83. First Half begins.
  84. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

China D W L W D

  • D at Uzbekistan 2-2 Men's International Friendly
  • W Curaçao 2-0 Men's International Friendly
  • L at Cameroon 2-0 Men's International Friendly
  • W at Singapore 2-1 Men's International Friendly
  • D Thailand 0-0 Men's International Friendly

Maldives L W L L L

  • L at Tajikistan 2-0 AFC Cup Qualifying
  • L Tajikistan 3-0 AFC Cup Qualifying
  • L at Philippines 2-0 AFC Cup Qualifying
  • W Timor-Leste 2-1 AFC Cup Qualifying
  • L Pakistan 3-0 Men's International Friendly

Head to head

CHN leads series 2-0-2

  • 11 Jun 2021 China 5–0 Maldives 2022 World Cup Qualifying - AFC
  • 10 Sep 2019 Maldives 0–5 China 2022 World Cup Qualifying - AFC
  • 24 Mar 2016 China 4–0 Maldives 2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC
  • 8 Sep 2015 Maldives 0–3 China 2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC

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