Match Report
58 points separated the sides: Shandong Taishan 2nd on 78, Guangzhou R&F 15th on 20. Guangzhou R&F had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 9th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Shandong Taishan ran at 2.56 scored and 0.88 conceded, Guangzhou R&F at 0.85 and 1.88.
Shandong Taishan had been beaten in five straight games. Defeat had followed defeat for Guangzhou R&F — three in succession.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 3 for Shandong Taishan, 1 for Guangzhou R&F and 0 drawn, at 3.75 goals per meeting. 75% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
The match was played at Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Ji'nan (capacity 56,808). Shandong Taishan led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.