Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Guangzhou Evergrande 17th with 17 points, Hebei CFFC 18th with -3, 20 apart. Per game in the league, Hebei CFFC were scoring 0.53 and conceding 3.38, Guangzhou Evergrande 0.71 and 1.85, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Guangzhou Evergrande entered with 13 losses in a row.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by Hebei CFFC, 2 by Guangzhou Evergrande, 2 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 75% of the meetings.
The venue was Langfang City Sports Center in Langfang, with room for 30,040 spectators. Guangzhou Evergrande led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.