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“Minimum spend” or “最低消费“ has become the buzzword among fans of Guangzhou Evergrande to describe their expectations of their team in home matches over the past two seasons, where three or four goals are often seen as a… Read More
Two goals from in-form Davi and a Jiang Ning thunderbolt gave Guangzhou R&F victory over a disappointingly poor Dalian Aerbin side. The visitors were perhaps rattled by the controversial penalty awarded against them in the first half but… Read More
This weekend the Evergrande squad go on probably their least favourite CSL road trip, to the home of Liaoning Whowin. They worked up enormous enmity with the Shenyang crowd over three seasons of fractious games, but now that… Read More
This Saturday sees the third Shanghai derby of the season, as East Asia play host to Shenhua at Shanghai Stadium. In what should undoubtedly prove to be a much closer encounter than the last Shanghai derby – East… Read More
Guangzhou R&F were second to Dalian Aerbin as both sides were promoted to the CSL in 2011 and have finished behind the dongbei club in both seasons thereafter. Will R&F extract a measure of revenge on Saturday or… Read More
Shanghai East Asia’s indifferent form away from home continued on Sunday, as they fought their way back to a 1-1 draw at Dalian Aerbin. The home side were unrecognisable from that which surrendered so tamely to Shanghai Shenhua only… Read More
Despite Shanghai Shenhua’s recent Batista-inspired resurgence there were to be no surprises at Tianhe Stadium this weekend, as last season’s 2-1 win was replicated by a Guangzhou Evergrande side absent several usual starters. CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE ROUND 7… Read More
Despite the intense atmosphere at a packed Worker’s Stadium, Beijing Guoan failed to satisfy the faithful as Shandong Luneng’s Vagner Love was the star of the night, scoring an impressive hat trick in a match marred by horrible… Read More
On Easter Sunday it was Guangzhou R&F who looked dead and buried at half time as they were 2-0 down away to Changchun Yatai only to rise and stage a miraculous comeback to win 3-2 with Davi scoring… Read More
Fourtheen placed Dalian Aerbin play host to Shanghai East Asia on Sunday, with the visitors looking for a win to keep the pressure on the teams above them at the top of the table. Following last week’s nervy victory… Read More
