Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Chengdu Rongcheng 1st with 52 points, Shandong Taishan 6th with 37, 15 apart. On recent form Chengdu Rongcheng sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Chengdu Rongcheng were scoring 1.96 and conceding 1.15, Shandong Taishan 1.77 and 1.65, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Chengdu Rongcheng, 0 draws and 3 for Shandong Taishan, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more.
Dujiangyan Sports Center Stadium, capacity 26,000, hosted the game. Chengdu Rongcheng led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Chengdu Rongcheng: Matheus Jussa (14')
Key stats
Possession: Chengdu Rongcheng 47% · Shandong Taishan 53% · Total shots: 17-14 · On target: 7-0 · Corners: 5-2