Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Hangzhou 7th with 51 points, Shanghai Shenxin 16th with 12, 39 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Shanghai Shenxin 1 scored and 2.73 conceded per game, Hangzhou 1.63 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.45.
Shanghai Shenxin had been beaten in four straight games. Hangzhou arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Shanghai Shenxin 3/15, Hangzhou 15/15.
The referee was Z. Wang, with 29 matches in our database and 1.4 yellows per game on average. Jinshan Soccer Stadium in Shanghai, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Hangzhou led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-2 the final score.