| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 15 | D1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6/15 | 4-4 |
| Yanbian Funde | 15 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10/15 | 5-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiangxi Dingnan United | 7 | 30 | 41 | 4 | DLDWW | 8 | -1 |
| Yanbian Funde | 10 | 30 | 38 | -2 | DLLLW | 10 | 0 |
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 2018-09-01
3 points and 3 places separated them: Heilongjiang Lava Spring 7th with 41, Yanbian Funde 10th with 38. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Heilongjiang Lava Spring ran at 1.23 scored and 1.1 conceded, Yanbian Funde at 1.13 and 1.2.
Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center in Harbin staged the fixture, a ground that holds 50,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.
