Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Chengdu Rongcheng 1st with 51 points, Shanghai Shenhua 9th with 28, 23 apart. Shanghai Shenhua had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 9th overall. In league terms the two rates read 2.04/1.2 for Chengdu Rongcheng and 1.96/1.8 for Shanghai Shenhua (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.55.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Chengdu Rongcheng, 2 draws and 1 for Shanghai Shenhua, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 83% of the meetings.
The match was played at Dujiangyan Sports Center Stadium (capacity 26,000). With 23 matches recorded and 1.9 yellow cards per game, J. Du was the man in the middle. Chengdu Rongcheng led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 6 goals for the 4-5 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Chengdu Rongcheng: Yiran He (2'), Wellington Silva (35'), Felipe (82'), Felipe (90') · Shanghai Shenhua: Luis Asué (21'), Luis Asué (51'), Yiran He (53'), Luis Asué (67'), Pengfei Xie (74')
Key stats
Possession: Chengdu Rongcheng 53% · Shanghai Shenhua 47% · Total shots: 12-16 · On target: 5-8 · Corners: 2-8