On December 21, Beijing time, the Relegation Group of the Chinese Super League ended the 18th round of competition, and the Cangzhou Lions defeated the Tianjin Jinmen Tigers 2-1 to achieve two consecutive wins, with 17 points and the initiative of relegation. Dalian beat Qingdao 2-1 to win the third game of the relegation group, and the relegation situation was also very good. In contrast, Qingdao, Tianjin and Chongqing are in a worse position.
In the two matches that ended in the afternoon, Henan beat Shanghai Shenhua 2-0 to win the first game of the relegation group, and they scored 23 points, and there was basically no problem with relegation. Wuhan drew 0-0 with Chongqing, Li Jinyu led the team to be unbeaten in 4 rounds, with 19 points, and the prospects for relegation are also optimistic. Chongqing suffered a 4-round winless, but they got points in this round, which is acceptable.
The two direct matches between the last 5 places, Cangzhou Lions vs. Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, in the first half of the game, Cangzhou Lions' Sabhiti advanced a goal, and Cangzhou played a very wonderful counterattack. In the second half of the game, Xie Pengfei assisted Oscar to break the goal to expand the lead, Jin Yangyang scored a goal for Tianjin to pull back a goal, Cangzhou Lions beat Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 2-1, won two consecutive wins, the points reached 17 points, Tianjin suffered 4 rounds of winless, relegation prospects are not optimistic.
Dalian beat Qingdao 2-1, Liu Jiashen took the lead for Qingdao in the first half, and in the second half, Tong Lei assisted Boateng to score a goal and equalize. Tao Qianglong assisted foreign aid Larsson to score, Dalian people 2-1 to get three points, they have won three of their four relegation games, this 2-1 is also very critical. Dalian's points reached 16 points, which is also a good relegation trend.
Overall, dalian and Cangzhou lions are gradually on the right track, Qingdao and Tianjin are in the worst situation, and Chongqing also sees the hope of taking points and winning after the comeback of foreign aid, which is also their hope of relegation. Next, entering the final 4 games of contention, who will enter the relegation play-offs, it is worth paying attention to.