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It’s still early in the season but it looks like it’s going to be a quality race as Beijing Guoan and Guangzhou Evergrande sit atop the table tied on points. Shandong can take the outright lead if they… Read More
Guangzhou R&F succumbed to their first defeat of the season on Monday night when they lost 2-0 away to Beijing Guoan. The Cantonese side improved greatly after two half-time substitutions which indicates that manager Sven Goran Eriksson got… Read More
After a string of subdued performances, Guangzhou returned to their high-scoring ways against Dalian Aerbin, though the result itself was in the balance right up until injury time. Elkeson was instrumental, scoring two and forcing the save that… Read More
After recent struggles, Beijing Guoan returned to form with an important win against Guangzhou R&F with goals in the final minutes of each half, provided by Joffre Guerron and Shao Jiayi. The win moves Guoan level on points… Read More
A perplexing goalkeeping blunder from Shenhua’s Geng Xiaofeng cost the Shanghai side a vaulable three points away to Changchun Yatai and continued their miserable 8-year run of not having won a CSL match in the Dongbei city. The… Read More
Shanghai East Asia tasted defeat for the first time this season in what turned out to be a thoroughly frustrating evening for the league leaders, away at Henan Jianye. Despite dominating possession and having far more opportunities on… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande return home after the previous round’s 2-0 win in Nanjing to face Dalian Aerbin. 2013’s fifth placed CSL team haven’t had a great start, only claiming their first win of the season last weekend, but defeat… Read More
It’s a second debut for Shenhua’s returning manager — will Sergio Batista be able to fire up a sleepwalking Shenhua for their Sunday afternoon trip to the north-east? Club News The return of Sergio Batista, replacing the man… Read More
The CSL’s form team visit struggling Henan this weekend, looking to continue their excellent early season run which has brought them three wins and one draw from the first four games. With the hosts still in search of… Read More
Will R&F continue their unbeaten start to the year? Will Beijing bounce back from their loss at Shanghai East Asia? Will R&F avenge their 6-0 humbling at Gongti last year? Can Abderazzak Hamdallah make it a hat-trick of… Read More
