Dandong Tengyue, who have been in excellent form in the promotion league, celebrated two consecutive victories after three 1-1 draws at home. First they beat Sichuan Jiuniu 3-2 on the road, then they returned home to Huludao and won the derby in Liaoning province with a 2-0 win over Liaoning Shenyang City with the help of two goals from foreign aid player Brown. By now, Dandong Tengyue were undefeated in five matches and ranked fifth with nine points, making them the dark horse. Liaoning Shenyang City suffered its first loss and is ranked ninth.
In the last round of home matches, Suzhou Dongwu drew a regrettable 1-1 draw with Nanjing City Jiangsu Derby; in this round, they continued to play at home. As a result, they suffered their first loss of the season with a 0-2 defeat to Heilongjiang Bingcheng. After the match, they ranked sixth with 8 points. With goals from Bojian Fan and Tang Shi, Heilongjiang Bingcheng started their 5-game winning streak with a victory and are 11th with 5 points after the game. Tang Shi also picked up his 2nd goal of the season. they can finally return to the Harbin Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium for their home debut on May 21st at 15:30, round 6, against Guangzhou.
Shijiazhuang Kung Fu beat Dongguan United after defeating Guangzhou in the previous round, relying on Ogbu's goal, and won for the second time in a row to finish in seventh place. It looks like Shijiazhuang Kung Fu is really using Kung Fu. Dongguan East United suffered their second loss and are in eighth place with the same seven points.
The other promoted horse, Yanbian Longding, relied on goals from Han Guanghui and Li Shibin to beat Jiangxi Lushan 2-0, leaving them in 10th place with six points after the match.
There are four other current winless teams which are Shanghai Jiading Huilong, Guangzhou Team, Wuxi Wu Hook and Jiangxi Lushan. They sounded the relegation alarm early.
