| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Yiteng | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7/15 | 11-10 |
| Shanghai Shenxin | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4/15 | 4-7 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Yiteng | 12 | 30 | 37 | -10 | LLDDL | 15 | -3 |
| Shanghai Shenxin | 11 | 30 | 37 | -8 | WWLLL | 9 | +2 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-09-29
Zhejiang Yiteng and Shanghai Shenxin went into the game level on 37 points, 12th against 11th in the table. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Zhejiang Yiteng ran at 1.43 scored and 1.77 conceded, Shanghai Shenxin at 1.23 and 1.5.
Textile City Sports Center in Shaoxing, capacity 40,000, hosted the game. Shanghai Shenxin led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
