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Despite a competent first half performance which saw a fine Didier Drogba goal, Shanghai Shenhua endured an absolutely dreadful second 45 showing to barely escape with their 10-match unbeaten run intact in a 1-1 draw with Shanghai Shenxin… Read More
Shanghai East Asia surrendered their unbeaten home record in the worst possible way on Sunday after a 1-0 loss to second place Wuhan Zull. East Asia started brightly and for the first ten minutes looked like the stronger… Read More
Sand gets everywhere and indeed it’s made it into the pub this week – Guangzhou Evergrande are just back from an ACL defeat in Saudi and Shenhua head down to Jinshan district for a seaside Shanghai derby. These… Read More
It’s Shanghai Derby time again. Our resident fan’s-eye preview is looking forward to a game which can’t fail to be more entertaining than its reverse fixture. Last Time Out After all the speculation, Shenhua’s full foreign legion was… Read More
Shanghai East Asia (1st) – Wuhan Zull (2nd) Undoubtedly the game of the round and a fixture that could define the seasons of both teams, Sunday’s clash between the league’s two top teams couldn’t arrive at a more… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande fell to a 4-2 defeat in the away-leg of their AFC Champions League quarter-final clash in Saudi Arabia, having twice taken the lead on the night. Goals from Gao Lin and Huang Bowen had given the… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande’s Argentine midfielder Darío Conca is in buoyant mood ahead on Wednesday night’s AFC Champions League clash with Al Ittihad, believing that the Cantonese side are well prepared to come away with a good result. Conca, 29,… Read More
An 81st minute strike from captain Wang Shenchao give Shanghai East Asia a priceless 1-0 victory over the struggling Hohhot Dongjin on Sunday night, restoring the home side’s four point lead at the top of the table in… Read More
This past weekend saw matches cancelled in Beijing, Qingdao, and Hangzhou due to it being a “sensitive time”. The CFA offered nothing more in the way of an explanation, but all signs point to this being due to… Read More
First-ever goals from Zhang Kaimu and Bai Jiazhun were the order of the day as Shanghai Shenhua cruised to a 3-0 win over Liaoning at Hongkou Stadium on Saturday night. It was the first game in three weeks… Read More
