Match Report
Liaoning Kaixin went into the game 15th in the table on 21 points; Xinjiang Tianshan sat 14th on 31 — a 10-point gap. Per game in the league, Liaoning Kaixin were scoring 1.1 and conceding 1.9, Xinjiang Tianshan 1.27 and 1.9, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
The last-five ledger: Liaoning Kaixin 4/15, Xinjiang Tianshan 10/15.
The venue was Tiexi New District Sports Center in Shenyang, with room for 60,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Liaoning Kaixin led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.