Only three clean sheets were left before the game and they disappeared as well.
On the evening of September 16, in a match of the 25th round of the 2023 Chinese Super League season, Shanghai Shenhua suffered a three-round unbeaten streak after defeating Henan 0-3 on the road. The three goal difference that had been painstakingly accumulated before also went to zero overnight.
So far, the table goal difference lists a rare scene: with the leading Shanghai seaport has a goal difference of 31, ranked second in Shandong Taishan has a goal difference of 26 in stark contrast. Third-ranked Shanghai Shenhua, goal difference fell off a cliff, the number of embarrassing "0".
It is worth mentioning that Shanghai Shenhua, the team behind Zhejiang, Wuhan Sanzhen, Beijing Guoan, Chengdu Rongcheng, and Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, has a goal difference of:9, 14, 13, 8, and 5 respectively. In other words, among the top 8 teams, Shanghai Shenhua has the lowest goal difference. Shenhua is Zhejiang team and Wuhan three towns, by virtue of the advantage of winning and losing relationship, ranked third.
The main reason why Shanghai Shenhua's goal difference was pitifully low was because in previous matches, the winning matches ended in 1-0; in the seven matches lost, three matches were lost by more than three goals, namely:0-3 to Shandong Taishan, 0-5 to Shanghai Harbor, and 0-3 to Henan. These three losses certainly further reduced Shenhua's hard-to-establish goal difference until it disappeared.
There are five rounds left in this season's Chinese Super League. Shanghai Shenhua's opponents are Cangzhou Lions, Qingdao Hainiu, Nantong Zhiyun, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers and Zhejiang. During this period, can Shenhua seize the opportunity to achieve goal difference? The answer will be revealed soon.
