Match Report
The table gap was wide: 44 points between Cangzhou (2nd, 56 pts) and Shanghai Shenxin (16th, 12 pts). Per game in the league, Shanghai Shenxin were scoring 1 and conceding 2.73, Cangzhou 1.97 and 1.4, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
9 games without a win framed Shanghai Shenxin's arrival. Over the last five, Shanghai Shenxin had taken 2 of 15 points to Cangzhou's 8.
The match was played at Jinshan Soccer Stadium in Shanghai (capacity 30,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-2.