CSL By The Numbers: Round 23 Attendance & ACL/Relegation Watch
Some exciting results on Saturday as Guangzhou is one step closer to securing the league title and the Asian Champions League (ACL) picture doesn’t change too much with the draw in Beijing and Shandong’s loss. At the other end of the table, Nanchang jumps out of the relegation zone while Dalian moves closer to safety as well.
ACL positioning
- ↑ Guangzhou (52 points)
- ↔ Beijing (40 points)
- ↔ Liaoning (36 points)
- ↓ Shandong (33 points)
- ↑ Hangzhou (33 points)
- ↓ Changchun (32 points)
- ↓ Shaanxi (32 points)
- ↔ Tianjin (31 ponts)
- ↔ Jiangsu (30 points)
Relegation zone
- ↓ Henan Construction (22 points)
- ↑ Dalian Shide (22 points)
- ↑ Nanchang Hengyuan
- ↓ Shenzhen Ruby (19 points)
- ↔ Chengdu Blades (14 points)
When it comes to attendance, the numbers were bad almost everywhere except for Guangzhou and Beijing, who keep the average respectable as the season goes on. We’ll post updated information on each team’s average attendance next week after we’ve had two more matches.
- Qingdao vs. Chengdu – 5,000
- Beijing vs. Liaoning – 31,000
- Nanchang vs. Shenzhen – 9,000
- Dalian vs. Henan – 18,000
- Guangzhou vs. Shandong – 48,000
- Hangzhou vs. Changchun – 8,000
- Jiangsu vs. Tianjin – 15,000
- Shanghai vs. Shaanxi – 8,000
by bcheng
Chengdu 2 – 2 Shenzhen
Dong Xuexhang scoring a brace for Shenzhen. Huge anguished cry from Kunming heard all the way to Hongkou…
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