Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Hangzhou 7th with 51 points, Shanghai Shenxin 16th with 12, 39 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Shanghai Shenxin 1 scored and 2.73 conceded per game, Hangzhou 1.63 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.45.
Shanghai Shenxin had been beaten in four straight games. Hangzhou arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Shanghai Shenxin 3/15, Hangzhou 15/15.
Jinshan Soccer Stadium in Shanghai, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Hangzhou led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-2 the final score.