Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Shenyang Urban (5th, 50 pts) held a 31-point advantage over Jiangxi Liansheng (16th, 19 pts). Jiangxi Lushan had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Jiangxi Liansheng were scoring 0.83 and conceding 1.87, Shenyang Urban 1.37 and 1.1, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Shenyang Urban's unbeaten run stood at 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Jiangxi Liansheng held 4 points of 15 and Shenyang Urban 11.
Ruichang Sports Park Stadium in Jiujiang, capacity 13,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.