Shanghai Shenhua's home final ended with a 2-1 scoreline in the just-concluded heated duel, but Beijing Guoan's road trip ended in a 2-2 draw, regrettably wiping the floor with Ma Qingdao West Coast for promotion. It's worth noting that Qingdao West Coast recently changed coaches, with former Japanese coach Hisashi Kurosaki stepping down in disgrace and former Guoan player Shao Jia taking over the reins. Nevertheless, Beijing Guoan is in fourth place with 41 points, and the gap with the leader has widened to double digits.
And South Korean coach Choi Kang-hee returned to Shandong Taishan, but it seems that there are still problems within the club, the team 1-3 away from Cangzhou Lions, the road to relegation is becoming more and more difficult, and is currently ranked fifth in the standings with 34 points.
Zhejiang were defeated 2-3 on the road by Chinese Super League veteran Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, leaving them stuck at 31 points and in sixth place.
Henan beat Qingdao Hainiu 2-0 on the road to equalize their points with Zhejiang, despite being in seventh place for the time being.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers are back on the winning track with 30 points and are currently in eighth place. 2022 Chinese Super League champions Wuhan Sanzhen lost 0-2 away to Changchun Yatai coached by Xie Hui and are in ninth place with 26 points.
Shenzhen Xinpengcheng and Changchun Yatai have the same 24 points, the tenth and eleventh place in the table, but only five points away from the relegation zone, the relegation pressure is huge.
Qingdao Hainiu has lost two consecutive matches and is in 12th place with 22 points.
Li Xiaopeng-coached Cangzhou Lions beat old hosts Shandong Taishan to finish 13th with 21 points.Meizhou Hakka are third from bottom (14th) with 20 points.
Qingdao West Coast has won four consecutive matches and has 19 points, temporarily ranking second from the bottom, with only one point difference with Meizhou Hakka, and may escape the relegation zone at any time. Nantong Zhiyun nearly six rounds of 1 draw 5 losses, points for 15 points, continue to the bottom, relegation situation is not optimistic.
