| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7/15 | 5-6 |
| Meizhou Hakka | 15 | L1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5/15 | 5-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C | 11 | 30 | 37 | -6 | WLWLL | 10 | +1 |
| Meizhou Hakka | 10 | 30 | 39 | 3 | DLLWW | 8 | +2 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2019-08-24
37 points for Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C (11th), 39 for Meizhou Hakka (10th): a 2-point gap. Per game in the league, Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C were scoring 1.43 and conceding 1.63, Meizhou Hakka 1.47 and 1.37, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium in Meixian (capacity 20,221). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Meizhou Hakka led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-3.
