Match Report
Guangzhou Evergrande, 3rd with 52 points, sat 18 points above Nanjing City (9th, 34). In league terms the two rates read 1.13/1.37 for Nanjing City and 1.7/1.17 for Guangzhou Evergrande (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.24.
Guangzhou Evergrande carried a 12-game unbeaten run into this.
Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, capacity 18,000, hosted the game. With 33 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, Y. Dai was the man in the middle. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Nanjing City: Qiwen Zhu (33'), Menghui Yu (84') · Guangzhou Evergrande: Yongqiang Wu (18')