CSL (Week 21) : Guangzhou R&F beats Jiangsu Suning 4-2
CHINA, Aug. 9, 2017 (AMP) — Chinese Super League / Match day 21: Four wins in a row for Guangzhou R&F. After their success against Yanbian Fude, Guangzhou Evergrande and Liaoning Whowin, the Blue Lions continued their sensational form in the Chinese Super League with a 4-2 victory over Jiangsu Suning this Wednesday.
Martinez Roger opened the score in the 3rd minute, before seeing Guangzhou R&F catch up in the 45th minute thanks to Lin Lu. 1-1 at half time. The Blue Lions eventually won the game in the second period with three more goals by Zahavi Eran ('56), Zhi Xiao ('61) and Renatinho Calixto ('73).
Guangzhou R&F FC climbed to third place with 36 points from 21 games, 5 points behind Shanghai SIPG FC, which has a game in hand.
View : Full CSL table (as of August 9, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 44 |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 25 | 41 |
| 3 | Guangzhou R&F | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Tianjin Quanjian | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | Hebei CFFC | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Beijing Guo'an | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Chongqing Lifan | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Changchun Yatai | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Henan Jianye | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 20 |
| 13 | Jiangsu Suning | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Liaoning Whowin | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 47 | -25 | 16 |
| 15 | Tianjin Teda | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -19 | 15 |
| 16 | Yanbian Fude | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 43 | -26 | 13 |
Fixtures and Results : Chinese Super League 2017
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Overview
Guangzhou R&F FC
- Position: 3 +2
- Best performance of the season:Guangzhou R&F 6-2 Yanbian Fude (23 Jul.)
- Previous game:Guangzhou R&F 4-1 Liaoning Whowin (6 Aug.)
- Next game:Guizhou Zhicheng - Guangzhou R&F (13 Aug.)
Jiangsu Suning FC
- Position: 13
- Best performance of the season:Jiangsu Suning 4-0 Liaoning Whowin (22 Jul.)
- Previous game:Jiangsu Suning 2-2 Henan Jianye (5 Aug.)
- Next game:Yanbian Fude - Jiangsu Suning (19 Aug.)
- 9 August 2017
- 19:35
- Guangzhou
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Guangzhou Evergrande | 44 |
| 2 |  Shanghai SIPG | 41 |
| 3 | Guangzhou R&F | 36 |
| 4 | Tianjin Quanjian | 36 |
| 5 |  Shandong Luneng Taishan | 35 |
Week 21 Results
| Wednesday 9 August 2017 | ||||
 | Yanbian Fude | 3-1 | Tianjin Teda |  |
 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 0-3 | Guizhou Zhicheng | |
 | Henan Jianye | 0-2 | Changchun Yatai |  |
| Guangzhou R&F | 4-2 | Jiangsu Suning | |
 | Chongqing Lifan | 1-0 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | |
| Thursday 10 August 2017 | ||||
| Tianjin Quanjian | 19:35 | Beijing Guo'an |  | |
 | Hebei CFFC | 19:35 | Shanghai SIPG | |
 | Liaoning Whowin | 19:35 | Guangzhou Evergrande | |