At 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on August 8, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic and Guangzhou started a fierce duel in the 13th round of the Chinese Super League. Soon after the start, Wei Shihao scored two goals, Fernandinho equalized for Chongqing, and Golat contributed a header. In the second leg, Ickerson scored a header to set a personal milestone, Golat scored twice, and Alan scored once but the goal was disallowed due to offside, and Guangzhou finally beat Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic 5-1.
Guangzhou won 2-0 against Henan Songshan Longmen to make it two wins in a row, bringing their season win tally to seven and putting them in second place in Suzhou on the table behind Shandong Taishan (27 points). Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, on the other hand, gained three points in the last round of the tournament thanks to Huang Xiyang's long-distance shot, bringing their season win count to three and moving up to 11 points.
In the first half, Wei Shihao gave Guangzhou the first lead with a penalty kick in the 26th minute. Then, Golat and Ickerson combined well in the 33rd minute, and Wei Shihao stepped in to complete the breakthrough to give Guangzhou a 2-0 lead. Fernandinho then equalized for Chongqing in the 35th minute.
In the second half, in the 60th minute, Ickerson scored his 120th goal in the top flight, surpassing Li Jinyu to become the top scorer. In stoppage time, Gaolat scored with a low left-footed shot to give Guangzhou a 5-1 lead.
In the end, Guangzhou thrashed Chongqing Two Rivers Athletic 5-1 to add another point to their season.
Here are the starting lineups for both teams: Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic: 1 - Chen Zhao, 5 - Xu Wu, 8 - Sun Kai, 31 - Zhang Xingbo, 33 - Tursunov, 4 - Luo Hao, 7 - Feng Jin, 11 - Wu Qing, 13 - Yin Congyao, 19 - Sun Xuelong, 30 - Fernandinho Guangzhou: 32-Liu Dianzheng, 2-Jiang Guangtai, 5-Zhang Linpeng, 21-Gao Zhunyi, 25-Deng Hanwen, 27-Wu Shaochong, 15-Yan Dinghao, 22-Zhang Xiuwei, 7-Wei Shihao, 9-Exon, 11-Golat
