Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Chengdu Rongcheng 1st with 52 points, Shenzhen Peng City 11th with 28, 24 apart. The last five rounds placed Chengdu Rongcheng no better than 7th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Shenzhen Peng City were scoring 1.31 and conceding 1.73, Chengdu Rongcheng 1.96 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Shenzhen Peng City, winners of their last three.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Shenzhen Peng City, 2 draws and 5 for Chengdu Rongcheng, at 3.57 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 71%.
The match was played at Shenzhen City Stadium (capacity 32,500). Chengdu Rongcheng led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Shenzhen Peng City: Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere (73'), Tim Chow (89') · Chengdu Rongcheng: Wei Shihao (5'), Yiran He (54'), Wei Shihao (90')
Key stats
Possession: Shenzhen Peng City 54% · Chengdu Rongcheng 46% · Total shots: 15-16 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 5-9