On the night of September 14, the 18th round of the 2022 Chinese Super League was in full swing, with the dust settling from the first five matches. In a marquee match, Shandong Taishan and Wuhan Sanzhen fought to a 1-1 draw, with Sanzhen leading the table by four points despite having played a game less. In the relegation battle, Guangzhou City beat Guangzhou by a small margin of 1-0, increasing their relegation hopes and narrowing the points gap with Cangzhou Lions in the safety zone to 3 points.
San Zhen drew 1-1 with Taishan on the road after Gao Junyi's first goal. Although Sanzhen is a little bit regretful, their performance is still praiseworthy despite the lack of 4 foreign players. Currently, Sanjin has one less game to play and has 44 points from 16 matches, 4 points ahead of Taishan who has 17 matches, and Taishan is locked at 40 points.
Songshan Dragons were defeated 0-1 at home by Jinmen Tigers, despite struggling to retain third place in the table. Meizhou and Zhejiang shook hands 0-0. Songshan Longmen, Meizhou and Shenhua are in the third to fifth places with 30 points, while Zhejiang is sixth with 20 points and Rongcheng is seventh with 27 points.
Guoan beat Hebei 3-1 at home to move up to 26 points and eighth place. Seaport didn't play this round, dropping to 25 points and ninth place, while Jinmen Tigers won all three points on the road, reaching 23 points and holding on to 10th place. Yatai, Cheung Kong, Shenzhen, Dalian People and Lions did not play this round and stayed at 19, 17, 16, 15 and 12 points respectively.
In terms of the relegation zone, second-bottom Guangzhou City beat third-bottom Guangzhou by a score of 1-0. Guangzhou has only 11 points from 18 matches, while Guangzhou City has 9 points from 17 matches. Hebei has only 3 points from 17 matches. Nonetheless, the points gap between Guangzhou, Guangzhou City and fourth-from-bottom Cangzhou Lions is still within three points.
