On October 24th, Chinese soccer night, defending champions Shandong Taishan hosted Guangzhou in the 19th round of the Chinese Super League at 19:30pm. Taishan defeated their rivals 3-0 with goals from Liu Yang and Cressan to reach 50 points and equalize with leader Wuhan Sanzhen.
However, Shandong Taishan missed the chance to close in on Wuhan Sanzhen in the last round of the Chinese Super League when they played at home and drew 3-3 with Guoan. In this round, facing the full Chinese class and has been seven consecutive rounds of Guangzhou team without a win, Taishan team from the beginning of the game to dominate, with Liu Yang and Cressan's goals in the first half of the lead 2 goals, the second half Cressan another goal, Taishan team 3-0 easy to win.
Currently, Taishan has played 21 matches with 16 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 50 points, equal to Wuhan Sanzhen who has played one less match. Wuhan Three Town suffered back-to-back defeats and saw their lead drastically narrowed until the last round when they beat Jinmen Tigers 1-0 on the road to end their losing streak. Earlier, Malcolm was injured in the match against Jinmen Tigers, but has been undergoing rehabilitation training recently. Meanwhile, Stancho returned to the team, and Wallace and Liu Yiming also returned from injury. In other words, the personnel of Wuhan Three Town are gradually being straightened out at the crucial moment of the title race.
And Shandong Taishan side, there is also good news. In this game, the previously injured Fellaini, Jadason and Wu Xinghan are all back in this game, especially Wu Xinghan, who suffered a serious injury in last December's Super League competition, and finally made his season debut tonight, and his comeback to the team's side of the attack is a good news. Of course, the bad news for the Taishan team is that the South Korean international will leave the team after playing the match with Shenhua on November 7 and report to the South Korean national team to prepare for the World Cup.
Taishan started a five-game winning streak with a victory, and their next game will be at home against Shanghai Seaport. Seaport is now in third place in the standings, and just beat Meizhou Hakka 7-0 tonight, with Wu Lei scoring a hat trick and newcomer Vargas scoring a hat trick of assists for the second consecutive game. It will be difficult for Taishan to win at home against Seaport. On the contrary, Wuhan Sanzhen's recent schedule is relatively easy, if Taishan lost points again, then Sanzhen is likely to widen the difference between Taishan and Sanzhen again.
