Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Sichuan (1st, 69 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Yanbian Longding (8th, 36 pts). Against a league average of 1.13 goals per team per game, Sichuan ran at 1.7 scored and 0.63 conceded, Yanbian Longding at 1.03 and 1.07.
Sichuan arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Sichuan against 6/15 for Yanbian Longding.
Stade René Gaillard in Niort, capacity 10,406, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Sichuan led 2-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-1.