In the last round of the intense 2-1 home clash, Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan ended in a 2-2 draw, upgrading the game to horse Qingdao West Coast. Notably, Qingdao West Coast saw former Guoan player Shao Jia take over the reigns after coach Hisashi Kurosaki left the club. Nonetheless, Beijing Guoan holds fourth place in the table with 41 points, widening the gap with the leaders to double digits.
Meanwhile, South Korean coach Choi Kang-hee returned to Shandong Taishan, but there seems to be a hidden worry within the club as the team suffered a 1-3 defeat against Cangzhou Lions on the road, leaving them in a worrying relegation situation, and ranking fifth in the table with only 34 points.
Zhejiang fell to a 2-3 defeat against Tianjin Jinmen Tigers to drop to 31 points and sixth place.
Henan beat Qingdao Hainiu 2-0 on the road to tie Zhejiang on points despite being in seventh place.
Tianjin Jinmen Tigers regained the key to victory and are eighth with 30 points. Wuhan Sanzhen, who were crowned 2022 Chinese Super League champions, fell to a 0-2 defeat away to Changchun Yatai, dropping them to 26 points and ninth place.
Shenzhen Xinpengcheng and Changchun Yatai have the same 24 points, the tenth and eleventh place in the table, but only five points ahead of the relegation zone, relegation pressure is huge.
Qingdao Hainiu suffered two consecutive defeats, dropping to 22 points and 12th place.
Li Xiaopeng-coached Cangzhou Lions ended a 17-game long double-header of the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup by beating old boss Shandong Taishan to finish 13th with 21 points.Meizhou Hakka is third from bottom (14th) with 20 points.
Qingdao West Coast won all the matches in the last four rounds and reached 19 points, ranking the second from the bottom, with a gap of only 1 point with Meizhou Hakka, and may get out of the relegation zone at any time. Nantong Zhiyun only achieved 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 6 rounds of matches, with 15 points, continuing to be at the bottom of the table, the relegation situation is grim.
