YUXI (Interstat) — Abdusalam Bunyamin scored in the eighth minute and added an assist as Yunnan Yukun beat Dalian Yingbo 4-3 on Sunday in a match that swung repeatedly before a late winner settled it. Bunyamin was Yunnan Yukun’s top star with one goal and one assist. Oscar Taty Maritu, Tsui Wang-Kit and Cleber also scored for Yunnan Yukun, which overcame a one-goal deficit after Dalian Yingbo had scored three straight goals. The teams combined for seven goals, and Yunnan Yukun’s final goal came in the 78th minute. The match had seven goals, six yellow cards and one red card. Yunnan Yukun led 2-0, trailed 3-2, tied 3-3 and won 4-3.

Bunyamin’s early goal gave Yunnan Yukun the lead, and Cleber made it 2-0 in the 15th minute. Cleber was booked in the 13th minute. Dalian Yingbo answered through Pedro Delgado in the 21st minute, Yang Mingrui in the 32nd and Nicolae Stanciu in the 48th, turning the match into a 3-2 lead for the visitors. Yang Mingrui was substituted in the 67th minute. Delgado’s goal was followed by a red card in the 65th minute, leaving Dalian Yingbo to finish with 10 men. Stanciu’s goal came early in the second half and capped Dalian Yingbo’s run of three unanswered goals. Dalian Yingbo scored three times between the 21st and 48th minutes.

Yunnan Yukun pulled one back through Tsui Wang-Kit in the 56th minute, and Oscar Taty Maritu scored the decisive goal in the 78th minute. Tsui Wang-Kit was substituted in the 71st minute. Alexandru Ionita and Duan Liuyu each supplied an assist for Yunnan Yukun. Ionita was substituted in the 78th minute, while Duan Liuyu played 12 minutes. Frank Acheampong had two assists for Dalian Yingbo and was booked in the 61st minute. Cleber’s yellow card came in the 13th minute, Caio Vinicius was booked in the 28th, Song Yue in the 36th and 59th, and Feng Boxuan in the 55th. Dalian Yingbo also substituted Liao Jintao and Feng Boxuan in the 82nd minute, and Yunnan Yukun substituted Bunyamin in the 90th minute. Yunnan Yukun had four different scorers: Bunyamin, Cleber, Tsui Wang-Kit and Oscar Taty Maritu. Dalian Yingbo had three different scorers: Delgado, Yang Mingrui and Stanciu. Yunnan Yukun held the lead for the final 12 minutes after Maritu’s goal.

Dalian Yingbo won 1-0 at Chengdu Rongcheng, beat Shenzhen Xinpengcheng 3-1 and won 4-0 at Qingdao West Coast. Yunnan Yukun drew 1-1 at Qingdao West Coast, drew 1-1 with Chongqing Tonglianglong and lost 1-7 at Shanghai Shenhua. The result gave Yunnan Yukun a 1-0 record in the competition and a 1-1-2 record across all competitions, with one win, one loss and two draws. Dalian Yingbo fell to 0-1 in the competition and 3-1 across all competitions. Yunnan Yukun’s competition record improved after its previous draws and loss, while Dalian Yingbo’s first competition match ended in defeat after its three wins in all competitions.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Dalian Yingbo 4, Yunnan Yukun 0. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Yunnan Yukun with a 53.6 percent probability to win, and Yunnan Yukun had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 7 went under the over/under line of 3.5.