Another super-popular city, Nanjing, got a valuable three points with a 2-1 win over Jiangxi Lushan thanks to a 12th-minute header from superstar foreigner Lionel Messi and substitute Huang Peng's second winner in stoppage time.
After the match, Nanjing City reached 43 points and moved up to third by virtue of the win-loss advantage over Shijiazhuang Kung Fu.
Jiangxi Lushan was expected to get a point. In the 75th minute, substitute Wang Yongxin received a header from foreigner Magno and scored a goal to equalize the score. But they failed to keep it in the last minute. After the match, Jiangxi Lushan still accumulated 17 points and remained in the relegation zone, 5 points behind Dandong Tengyue.
Wuxi Wuhu, who were undefeated for 22 consecutive rounds before the match, have been in a completely calm state of mind and are fighting for every game. In this round, in the Jiangsu derby against Suzhou Dongwu, they took a 3-0 lead in less than half-time thanks to goals from Mladenovic, Lin Jiahao and Tongle. Suzhou Dongwu then recovered a goal by Xu Chunqing, but it was hard to undo the defeat. In the 87th minute, Wuxi Wu Hook's other foreigner, Gordic, made it 4-1.
In the end, Wuxi Wu Hook got their first win of the season over Suzhou Dongwu. However, with 9 points, it is too slim for them to finish relegation.
In other matches, Dongguan Dongguan Union shook hands with Yanbian Longding 1-1. Liaoning Shenyang won the Northeast derby with a 1-0 victory over Heilongjiang Bingcheng, gaining three valuable points and easing relegation pressure. In the debut of new coach Antoniqi, Jinan Xingzhou knocked visiting Guangzhou off the winning track with a 2-1 win.
Although Guangzhou's Efirdin staged a brilliant one-stop goal 1-6, he still failed to score. After the game, Guangzhou got 24 points and ranked 12th, the relegation situation is still very serious.
