The 19th round of the 2023 Chinese Super League season ended on the evening of July 30th. In the match, Shandong Taishan finished 3-0 against Beijing Guoan, while Wuhan Sanzhen won 1-0 against Qingdao Hainiu. After the matches, the official Chinese Super League released the latest standings.
Shanghai Seaports have reached 46 points after thrashing Shanghai Shenhua 5-0 in the Shanghai derby, increasing their lead in the title race to 11 points. Considering there are only 11 rounds of matches left in the season, there is a good chance that they will be honored with the trophy as long as they can avoid making mistakes.
Even though Shanghai Shenhua are still in second place, however, they suffered a serious blow from their crushing defeat in the city derby, and fans are finding it hard to accept the result.
Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua have suffered the same misfortune. They suffered a somewhat unexpected defeat to their old rivals Shandong Taishan in their latest match with a nil to three defeat. After the game, Beijing Guoan amassed 28 points and have dropped to eighth place. Shandong Taishan, on the other hand, moved up to fourth place with 32 points. According to the current situation, Shandong Taishan has the hope to overtake Chengdu Rongcheng and Shanghai Shenhua and rise to the second place.
In the match between Tianjin Jinmen Tigers and Changchun Yatai, the two sides drew 0-0 without scoring any points. After this draw, their number of draws has reached 12, and they can be called the "Masters of Draws".
At the top of the relegation table, Central Plains powerhouse Henan managed to withstand the pressure and beat Shenzhen 3-1 to get three points as expected, while Meizhou Hakka also beat Dalian Ren 2-1 in a game worth six points. With this, both Henan and Meizhou Hakka have accumulated 19 points for the time being, easing some relegation pressure.
Qingdao Sea Cowboys were expected to gain points from defending champions Wuhan Sanzhen in the recently concluded match, especially goalkeeper Mou Pengfei's success in defusing dangerous situations time and again to help his team keep the suspense. Unfortunately, they could not get what they wanted and lost 0-1. After the match, Qingdao Sea Cowboys ranked 13th with 16 points.
Nantong Zhiyun, Shenzhen and Dalian Ren all suffered defeats in this round of matches, they are ranked 14th to 16th respectively, and the relegation situation is still very serious.
