Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nei Mongol Zhongyou 6th with 51 points, Sichuan Longfor 13th with 31, 20 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Nei Mongol Zhongyou 1.17 scored and 1 conceded per game, Sichuan Longfor 1.2 and 1.73, with the league averaging 1.45.
Sichuan Longfor had gone 5 games without a win. Recent form was uneven: 8/15 points for Nei Mongol Zhongyou, 1/15 for Sichuan Longfor.
Hohhot City Stadium in Hohhot, capacity 51,600, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.