Match Report
Guizhou Zhicheng, 3rd with 54 points, sat 33 points above Liaoning Kaixin (15th, 21). Guizhou Zhicheng ranked just 10th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Liaoning Kaixin were scoring 1.1 and conceding 1.9, Guizhou Zhicheng 1.53 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
Liaoning Kaixin had lost three in a row.
Tiexi New District Sports Center in Shenyang, capacity 60,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.