Guangzhou remains top of CSL, Beijing garners first home win

BEIJING, May 14  -- The defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande beat the visiting Hebei China Fortune 2-0 in the ninth round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) on Saturday.

With the victory, Guangzhou Evergrande harvested their eighth consecutive victory and remained the top place in the CSL standings.

Yu Hanchao broke the deadlock for the host just before the interval with follow shott. Three minutes after the start of the second half, Brazilian striker Alan sealed the win with a header.

Beijing Guoan beat last season's runners-up Shanghai SIPG 2-1 to gain the second win, as well as the first home victory of the season. The visiting Shanghai SIPG suffered an early substitute in the 10th minute as Ghana's striker Asamoah Gyan was out because of an injury.

The 31-year-old Brazilian midfielder Ralf scored for Guoan in the 24th minute. About 10 minutes later, Shanghai SIPG equalized by Jean Evrard Kouassi.

In the 50th minute, Zhang Xizhe's long distance shot restored the lead for Beijing Guoan.

Shanghai SIPG still maintained the third place, but the gap between Shanghai and the leading Guangzhou expanded to seven points. Beijing Guoan climbed to the ninth place after the victory.

The other three matches saw three scoreless ties. Henan Jianye tied Tianjin Teda 0-0, Jiangsu Suning tied Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 0-0, and Changchun Yatai tied the visiting Shandong Luneng 0-0 as well.

The other four matches of the ninth round will kick off on Sunday.

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	StandingsCHINA: Super League
	14.05. 04:30	Finished	Changchun Yatai	0 - 0	Shandong Luneng
	14.05. 04:30	Finished	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 - 0	Hebei
	14.05. 08:35	Finished	Beijing Guoan	2 - 1	Shanghai SIPG
	14.05. 08:35	Finished	Henan Jianye	0 - 0	Tianjin Teda
	14.05. 08:35	Finished	Jiangsu Suning	0 - 0	Shijiazhuang

 

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	StandingsCHINA: Super League
Round 8
	08.05. 08:35	Beijing Guoan	Jiangsu Suning	1 : 2
	08.05. 08:35	Hangzhou Greentown	Guangzhou Evergrande	1 : 2
	08.05. 08:35	Shandong Luneng	Tianjin Teda	2 : 3
	08.05. 08:35	Shijiazhuang	Shanghai SIPG	1 : 2
	08.05. 04:30	Yanbian	Changchun Yatai	2 : 0
	07.05. 08:35	Guangzhou R&F	Chongqing Lifan	2 : 0
	07.05. 04:30	Liaoning	Shanghai Shenhua	0 : 0
	06.05. 08:35	Hebei	Henan Jianye	4 : 3
Round 7
	01.05. 08:35	Tianjin Teda	Shijiazhuang	2 : 0

 

• Scheduled

	StandingsCHINA: Super League
Round 9
	15.05. 04:30	Yanbian	Chongqing Lifan
	15.05. 08:35	Hangzhou Greentown	Liaoning
	15.05. 08:35	Shanghai Shenhua	Guangzhou R&F
Round 2
	18.05. 08:35	Beijing Guoan	Hebei
Round 10
	21.05. 04:30	Liaoning	Guangzhou Evergrande
	21.05. 08:35	Shandong Luneng	Henan Jianye
	21.05. 08:35	Shanghai SIPG	Hangzhou Greentown
	21.05. 08:35	Tianjin Teda	Jiangsu Suning
	22.05. 04:30	Guangzhou R&F	Changchun Yatai
	22.05. 08:35	Chongqing Lifan	Shanghai Shenhua
	22.05. 08:35	Hebei	Yanbian
	22.05. 08:35	Shijiazhuang	Beijing Guoan

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#	Team	MP	W	D	L	G	Pts	Form
1.	Guangzhou Evergrande	9	8	0	1	21:5	24
2.	Jiangsu Suning	9	6	3	0	14:4	21
3.	Shanghai SIPG	9	5	2	2	16:7	17
4.	Hebei	8	4	2	2	11:10	14
5.	Henan Jianye	9	4	2	3	10:9	14
6.	Tianjin Teda	9	3	4	2	12:13	13
7.	Guangzhou R&F	8	3	2	3	8:8	11
8.	Shanghai Shenhua	8	2	4	2	8:7	10
9.	Beijing Guoan	8	2	3	3	7:8	9
10.	Shijiazhuang	9	2	3	4	7:11	9
11.	Chongqing Lifan	8	1	5	2	7:9	8
12.	Yanbian	8	2	2	4	7:11	8
13.	Shandong Luneng	9	2	2	5	11:16	8
14.	Hangzhou Greentown	8	2	1	5	6:10	7
15.	Liaoning	8	1	4	3	6:12	7
16.	Changchun Yatai	9	0	3	6	7:18	3