The soccer field is in a state of flux and the standings are highly competitive
In the last round of the home 2-1 final, Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan's match again showed the embarrassing situation of the visiting team lost points, and finally to 2-2 draw promotion to the horse Qingdao West Coast. It's worth noting that Qingdao West Coast just went through a coaching change, with former Japanese coach Hisashi Kurosaki stepping down and former Guoan player Shao Jia taking over as coach. Despite this, Beijing Guoan is still in fourth place with 41 points, and the gap with the fifth-ranked team has widened to double digits.
Meanwhile, Shandong Taishan's problems do not seem to have been alleviated by the return of Korean coach Choi Kang-hee. A 1-3 defeat away to Cangzhou Lions left them with 34 points to remain fifth in the table.
Zhejiang lost 2-3 on the road to Super League veterans Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, leaving them in sixth place with 31 points.
Henan beat Qingdao Hainiu 2-0 on the road to tie Zhejiang on points despite being in seventh place.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers returned to winning ways as 30 points put them in eighth place. And 2022 Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen went down 0-2 away to Changchun Yatai, with 26 points keeping them in ninth place.
Shenzhen Xinpengcheng and Changchun Yatai have the same 24 points, ranked tenth and eleventh in the table, but only five points ahead of the relegation zone, relegation pressure is huge.
Qingdao Hainiu suffered two consecutive losses and 22 points put them in 12th place.
Li Xiaopeng-coached Cangzhou Lions beat old boss Shandong Taishan to finish 13th with 21 points, while Meizhou Hakka are third from bottom (14th) with 20 points.
Qingdao West Coast won 4 straight matches, and with 19 points, they are in the bottom two, only 1 point away from Meizhou Hakka, and may jump out of the relegation zone at any time. Nantong Zhiyun has only 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 6 rounds, and with 15 points, they continue to be at the bottom of the table, and the relegation situation is not optimistic.
