Ghanaian striker Abdul-Aziz Yakubu grabbed a hattrick for his Chinese side Wuhan Three Towns in their 3-1 win over Shenzhen FC on Monday.

The former Rio Ave striker scored three brilliant goals to take his tally for the season to five goals in six matches since joining from the Portuguese side.

Compatriot Frank Acheampong who had been sidelined for two weeks due to injury opened the scores with a simple header in the 26th minute to make it 1-0 for Shenzhen before being substituted after 62 minutes, making way for Shuai Pei.

Before the game, the head-to-head record between the teams favored Wuhan Three Towns with two wins, while Shenzhen FC had no wins, and there were no draws, which happened as it always does.

Throughout the 90 minutes, Wuhan Three Towns enjoyed a lot of possession and put up a strong fight against Shenzhen FC.

In the 36th minute, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu scored the first of his hattrick with the equalizer for Wuhan Three Towns with a left-footed shot from outside the box, finding the bottom left corner of the net.

Xie Pengfei provided the assist for Yakubu's goal.

The game remained tense, and in the 61st minute, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu struck again, scoring his second goal from close range, this time assisted by Yan Dinghao's headed pass.

The final blow came from Yakubu once more in the 63rd minute, receiving a pass from Nicolae Stanciu and converting it into the third goal for Wuhan Three Towns to seal his hattrick.