The 16th round of the Super League saw a power struggle as Seaport hosted Tri-Town. Although Sanzhen is the defending champion, their performance this season is not good. They only won 5, drew 8 and lost 2 in 15 rounds of matches, accumulating 23 points, which is a full 10 points difference from Seaport. Their hopes of competing for the title looked slim, and the possibility of getting 3 points was not great for them as the visiting team in the competition. However, Seaport's last match against Dalian Ren ended in a 1-1 draw, and Javier's coaching was criticized after the match. So Seaport, burdened with a poor record, had the flavor of a redemption battle when they met Sancheng again. In the first leg, Three Town were defeated by Harbour 2-0 at home.
In the starting lineup, Javier continued to use the 4312 formation. Yan Junling guarded the city. Zhang Linlian and Jiang Guangtai double center backs, Lu Wenjun and Wang Shenchao on the left and right wing backs, Oscar, Cai Huikang, Buytijiang and Xu Xin form four midfielders. The double foreign striker of Wu Lei and Karon popped up. Wuhan Three Town is a 4231 formation, goalkeeper Liu Dianzuo, Liu Yiming, Renhang, Wang Yi and Gao Junyi form four defenders, Stancho leads He Chao, Yan Dinghao, Xie Pengfei and Davidson as midfielders, and Aziz single-arrowed at the front line.
The game started evenly, with Harbour having a slight edge in possession at 55%. In the first 20 minutes, both teams attacked and defended each other, but neither team was able to capitalize on their chances. 25 minutes later, Harbour's attacking mindset changed, looking for long passes to find the ball behind the ball. In the 31st minute, Harbour crossed the ball to the back of the net. Caron jumped up and he collided with Wang Yi and fell to the ground. After VAR judged that he was fouled in the box, Oscar took the penalty kick and shot with little effort.
In the 44th minute of the game, Seaport attacked again, and Renhang blocked Caron, the latter to the end of the game, and Renhang got his second yellow card of the game and left helplessly. This decision also caused dissatisfaction among the Sanzhen bench. Standing up from the bench, Wei Shihao confronted him directly and left with a straight red card. Two minutes later, Three Town had two consecutive red cards. At the end of the half, he had played 10 games and was down by one goal. The three towns were very passive.
The second half started with a goal battle. Li Shenglong scored a goal for Harbor in the 62nd minute, and Gao Junyi also scored a goal for Harbor in the 65th minute. However, Jiang Guangtai was sent off for a red card in the 74th minute. Wu Lei scored his eighth goal of the season in the 78th minute to put the icing on the cake for Harbour. In the last minute, Aziz scored a goal for Tri-Town to save some face. In the end, Harbour beat Tri-Town 3-1 to complete the double and move to 37 points to continue leading the table.
