On September 22, Beijing time, the 23rd round of the third stage of the 2021 season of the Central League was completed, and the top four teams of the league won all the matches in this round without any changes in the ranking positions. Instead, fifth-place Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic fell to sixth place after a 0-2 defeat against Kunshan, while Nantong Zhiyun, who won, moved up to fifth place with 40 points. Meizhou Hakka, who beat Nanjing City, remain in first place with 55 points, followed by Wuhan Sanzhen, who won a three-goal thriller against Xinjiang Tianshan Snow Leopard tonight, with 52 points. Chengdu Rongcheng and Zhejiang are in third and fourth place by one point.
Suzhou Dongwu 1-2 Jiangxi Beidamen: Suzhou Dongwu lost for the third time in a row and continue to stay in the middle of the table. Anyway, they have no hope to get to the Super League and no worry about being relegated, so it's just as a rehearsal for the lineup. Jiangxi Beidamen won 2 straight games, and ended their long losing streak with a win in the last round, so they'll be looking for 3 more points in this round. Although the ranking of Jiangxi Beidamen did not improve, but the team's situation is obviously better, expanding the advantage with the relegation zone, direct relegation is more and more likely.
Zhejiang 1-0 Liaoning Shenyang City: Zhejiang has won 4 consecutive matches, of which the last 3 were all 1-0 defeats, which shows that Zhejiang has been playing very cautiously lately, and keeping the 3 points is the basic. With all three points, Zhejiang will remain at the top of the table, keeping their prospects for the Super League in good shape. Liaoning Shenyang City suffered four consecutive defeats, this period of time the overall performance is not good, the overall not much improvement, more or less a bit of muddle.
