Match Report
Shanghai Port, 1st with 66 points, sat 45 points above Meizhou Hakka (15th, 21). The last five rounds placed Meizhou Hakka 11th in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 1.2/2.37 for Meizhou Hakka and 2.4/1.47 for Shanghai Port (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.61.
11 games without a win framed Meizhou Hakka's arrival. The last-five ledger: Meizhou Hakka 1/15, Shanghai Port 10/15.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Meizhou Hakka, 0 draws and 4 for Shanghai Port, at 4.25 goals per meeting. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Huitang Stadium in Wuhua, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shanghai Port led 4-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-4.
Goal scorers
Meizhou Hakka: Haoran Zhong (57'), Rodrigo Henrique (67') · Shanghai Port: Gabriel Airton de Souza (15'), Leonardo (20'), Liu Ruofan (41'), Jia'nan Wang (29' og)