| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6/15 | 8-9 |
| Qingdao Youth Island | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8/15 | 7-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 13 | 30 | 30 | -12 | WLLLL | 14 | -1 |
| Qingdao West Coast | 2 | 30 | 61 | 22 | LWDWW | 4 | -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 2023-10-28
The table gap was wide: 31 points between Qingdao Youth Island (2nd, 61 pts) and Guangzhou Evergrande (13th, 30 pts). Per game in the league, Guangzhou Evergrande were scoring 1.03 and conceding 1.43, Qingdao Youth Island 1.47 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
The venue was Yuexiushan Stadium in Canton, with room for 29,860 spectators. Qingdao Youth Island led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.
