Match Report
38 points for Qingdao West Coast (5th), 33 for Shanghai Port (7th): a 5-point gap. Shanghai Port ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Qingdao West Coast were scoring 1.19 and conceding 1.23, Shanghai Port 1.54 and 1.27, against a competition average of 1.54 goals per team per game.
Qingdao West Coast were unbeaten in 13, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Qingdao West Coast, 2 draws and 3 for Shanghai Port, at 5.2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 100% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
T. Wan took charge of the match — our records show 27 games refereed with an average of 1.9 yellow cards per game. Qingdao Sports Center Guoxin Stadium, capacity 45,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Qingdao West Coast: Nelson Luz (84'), Davidson (90') · Shanghai Port: Matt Orr (90')
Key stats
Possession: Qingdao West Coast 46% · Shanghai Port 54% · Total shots: 10-6 · On target: 6-4 · Corners: 3-7