With Qingdao West Coast's victory over Zhejiang, the 4th round of the Chinese Super League is over. The standings not only show subtle changes in the points of the 16 teams, but also basically show three levels of teams with obvious stratification and goals: championship and AFC Champions League teams, midstream teams and relegation teams.
Let's start with the standings:
Shanghai Shenhua has won all four games to show a strong momentum! The performance of scoring 9 goals and conceding only 1 goal has made Shenhua fans completely forget Wu Jingui; the Chengdu team joined by Wei Shihao is on the right track, with 3 wins and 1 loss, showing a good momentum; Shanghai Port is not behind with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 8 points; and Beijing Guoan (Beijing Guoan, we will talk about it later) also has 8 points.
争冠和亚冠区4.5队
Although the league has only been played for four rounds, the teams competing for the championship and the AFC Champions League are already very clear, which are: Shanghai Shenhua, Shanghai Port, Shandong Taishan, Chengdu Rongcheng 4 teams, and Beijing Guoan is counted as 0.5 teams.
Let's talk about the top 4 first, Shenhua, SIPG and Chengdu are in the forefront of the strength, investment and ranking, needless to say; although Shandong Taishan only has 7 points, it is currently ranked 8th, but this is a short period of time affected by the AFC Champions League, its strength, goals are around the championship!
Let's talk about 0.5, the strength and investment of the Beijing Guoan team this season are not first-class in the Super League, but Beijing Guoan is a veteran team in the Chinese Super League after all, and Beijing's ball market is very hot.
保级8队
In this season's Chinese Super League, the relegation team is a huge team. This is due to two reasons, one is that many teams have limited financial investment and the strength of the team is not outstanding, so the season goal is relatively conservative, and the other is that there are as many as 7 teams with less than 4 points after 4 rounds of league play.
The relegated teams play Qingdao West Coast, Meizhou Hakka, Henan, Changchun Yatai, Wuhan Three Towns, Shenzhen, Nantong and Qingdao West Coast. Here we should focus on Qingdao West Coast, the team performed well in the first four rounds, with two wins, one draw and one loss to get seven points, but this will not change the team's goal of relegation.
There are only 3.5 teams in the midstream
北京国安算0.5队，还有浙江队、天津队和沧州队。 The mid-table teams are more than below the top, and the current points and rankings are also in the upper mid-stream!