Match Report
14 points and 4 places separated them: Qingdao West Coast 5th with 38, Chengdu Rongcheng 1st with 52. The last five rounds placed Chengdu Rongcheng no better than 7th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Qingdao West Coast were scoring 1.19 and conceding 1.23, Chengdu Rongcheng 1.96 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
Chengdu Rongcheng had not lost in 5 games.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Qingdao West Coast, 2 by Chengdu Rongcheng, 3 drawn, at 4.2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Qingdao Sports Center Guoxin Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 45,000. On the scoreboard, Qingdao West Coast led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Qingdao West Coast: Nelson Luz (23') · Chengdu Rongcheng: Felipe (76')
Key stats
Possession: Qingdao West Coast 33% · Chengdu Rongcheng 67% · Total shots: 10-13 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 1-4