Match Report
40 points separated the sides: Shanghai Shenhua 5th on 52, Shenzhen 16th on 12. Per game in the league, Shanghai Shenhua were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.03, Shenzhen 0.73 and 2.63, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Shenzhen were winless in 7. Over the last five, Shanghai Shenhua had taken 7 of 15 points to Shenzhen's 1.
Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, capacity 72,000, hosted the game. Shanghai Shenhua led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-0 full-time score.