Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Qingdao Hainiu (1st, 57 pts) held a 26-point advantage over Xinjiang Tianshan (14th, 31 pts). Per game in the league, Xinjiang Tianshan were scoring 1.27 and conceding 1.9, Qingdao Hainiu 1.97 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
Xinjiang Tianshan entered with five wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Xinjiang Tianshan had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Qingdao Hainiu, 6.
The match was played at Xinjiang Stadium in Urumqi (capacity 50,000). On the scoreboard, Qingdao Hainiu led 3-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-5.