Match Report
Changchun Yatai, 5th with 53 points, sat 41 points above Shanghai Shenxin (16th, 12). Scoring rates set the scale: Changchun Yatai 1.73 scored and 1.4 conceded per game, Shanghai Shenxin 1 and 2.73, with the league averaging 1.45.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Shanghai Shenxin. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Changchun Yatai, 1/15 for Shanghai Shenxin.
The venue was Changchun's People Stadium in Changchun, with room for 38,500 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.