In the 16th minute of the game, a Yixian Dragons player was fouled and kicked by Liu Poujin while carrying the ball on the right, Liu Poujin was sent off for this, he received his second yellow card and was sent off with a red card, thus leaving West Coast with only ten players left to fight. The West Coast players were a little unbalanced, and the match was full of gunpowder. In the 19th minute of the game, Gusman Jiang made a rough shoveling, which almost triggered a large-scale conflict. Veteran Dai Lin was very upset about this and was given a yellow card by the referee in order to stand up for his teammate.
Trailing West Coast also attacked boldly, with two foreigners putting some pressure on the Xingzhou defense. Yi Xian Long passed the ball to Prince Howe in the 28th minute, Prince Howe inverted the triangle back to Tambu who followed up and pushed the ball into the goal to give Xingzhou a 2-0 lead. Prince Howe's shot hit the post in the 35th minute and almost increased the lead. Hing Chau led 2-0 at half-time.
On the changeover, West Coast was the first to adjust its lineup. In the 52nd minute, Xingzhou played a wonderful cooperation, confessing an unselfish cross, Yi Xianlong followed up and pushed the ball into the goal to give Xingzhou a 3-0 lead, which was Yi Xianlong's fourth goal of the season. Lu Yongtao's shot after a breakaway went wide in the 55th minute.
