WUHAN, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Heber Araujo dos Santos scored twice as the Cangzhou Mighty Lions edged Wuhan Three Towns 3-2 in the Chinese Super League (CSL) on Thursday.

Heber Araujo dos Santos headed home in the 26th minute to put Cangzhou 1-0 ahead. In the 61st minute he scored again before Oscar Taty Maritu made it 3-0 for Cangzhou seven minutes later.

Wuhan had to play with one man down after goalkeepr Liu Dianzuo was sent off for handling the ball outside the box in the 58th minute.

The home side fought brilliantly and saw a glimmer of hopes for leveling after Jiang Zhipeng and Pedro Henrique each scored a goal over a timespan of 12 minutes.

But then they missed several scoring opportunities, failing to turn the tables.

After the game, Cangzhou climbed to the sixth position, leaving Wuhan at the 10th place.