Match Report
The table gap was wide: 39 points between Chengdu Rongcheng (3rd, 60 pts) and Meizhou Hakka (15th, 21 pts). Chengdu Rongcheng ranked just 10th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Chengdu Rongcheng were scoring 2 and conceding 0.93, Meizhou Hakka 1.2 and 2.37, against a competition average of 1.61 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Chengdu Rongcheng, 1 draw and 0 for Meizhou Hakka, at 2.8 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more.
The match was played at Chengdu Sports Center in Chengdu (capacity 50,695). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Chengdu Rongcheng: Timo Letschert (70'), Rômulo (82'), Yang Mingyang (17') · Meizhou Hakka: Rodrigo Henrique (25')