Match Report
Shandong Taishan went into the game 1st in the table on 33 points; Chongqing Dangdai Lifan sat 5th on 20 — a 13-point gap. On recent form Chongqing Dangdai Lifan sat only 24th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Shandong Taishan ran at 2.14 scored and 0.71 conceded, Chongqing Dangdai Lifan at 0.63 and 1.
Six consecutive wins preceded this game for Shandong Taishan, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Shandong Taishan against 3/15 for Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 3 Shandong Taishan wins, 1 for Chongqing Dangdai Lifan, 0 draws, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Only 0% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at Huangpu Sports Center in Guangzhou (capacity 58,680). On the scoreboard, Shandong Taishan led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-1.