Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Changchun Yatai (5th, 53 pts) held a 32-point advantage over Liaoning Kaixin (15th, 21 pts). In league terms the two rates read 1.1/1.9 for Liaoning Kaixin and 1.73/1.4 for Changchun Yatai (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.45.
Over the last five, Liaoning Kaixin had taken 4 of 15 points to Changchun Yatai's 10.
The referee was C. Liang, with 14 matches in our database and 1.9 yellows per game on average. The venue was Tiexi New District Sports Center in Shenyang, with room for 60,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.