The match started with Qingdao West Coast taking advantage of their home field to launch an attack. In the 25th minute, Huang Jiaqiang flashed inside the opponent's penalty area, shook out the gap and sent out a wonderful pass to Guo Yi, who attacked with a header to break the deadlock.
After conceding the goal, Shijiazhuang tried hard to strengthen their offense. In the 35th minute, foreigner Ogbu faced Qingdao's goalkeeper Wang Qi and calmly picked a shot to equalize the score.
In the second half, the match was resumed. In the 54th minute, Qingdao West Coast newcomer Zhang Xiuwei came on as a substitute. However, just 6 minutes later, Shijiazhuang Kung Fu went over the score. At that time, Shijiazhuang Kungfu made a long pass to the penalty area, and the follow up foreigner Vinicio headed the rebound to complete the breakthrough.
After that, Qingdao West Coast fought back with all their might, but failed to rewrite the score and had to accept the regrettable fact of 1-2 loss.
So far, Shijiazhuang Kung Fu has enjoyed a three-game winning streak since the change of management, has reached 23 points and has moved up to fourth place, edging out Qingdao West Coast by virtue of their win-loss record.
Qingdao West Coast lost four rounds and ranked second and fifth. If Jinan Xingzhou had won a day later, Qingdao West Coast would have dropped in the rankings.
Meanwhile, in another match, Guangzhou earned their first three consecutive wins of the season with goals from Ling Jie and Bugra Khan to beat promotion horse Yanbian Longding 2-0 at their home stadium Yuexiu Mountain. After the match, Guangzhou scored 16 points and remained in 10th place.
