2025 Chinese Super League championship, from the two-man competition to the top five scuffle?

Reporter Chen Yong reports In the 5th round of the Chinese Super League, with the 1-1 draw in the Shanghai derby, Shandong Taishan, Chengdu Rongcheng and Beijing Ministry of State Security won, the Chinese Super League "gods return to their places", including Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Port, the five championship favorites returned to the top 5 in the standings, and the points gap is only 1 to 2 points. Immediately following the 6th round of the game, Shandong Taishan, Chengdu Rongcheng and Shanghai Shenhua won again, and the match between Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Port was delayed due to weather conditions, but Beijing Guoan's personnel strength this season and the overall state of Shanghai Port have determined, and theoretically their probability of winning is still relatively large.

From the current point of view, the pattern of the 2025 season of the Chinese Super League is changing, and it is likely to change from last year's two-man competition to a five-strong scuffle.

Compared with the standings, in the 6th round of the 2024 season, Shanghai Shenhua has 16 points for 5 wins and 1 draw, Shanghai Port has 14 points for 4 wins and 2 draws, and Chengdu Rongcheng has 15 points for 5 wins and 1 loss, while Shandong Taishan has only 8 points for 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, and Beijing Guoan has only 9 points for 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Chengdu Rongcheng's fall occurred during the 8th to 13th rounds, of which the 8th round to the 10th round 1 draw and 2 losses declined, and the 13th round lost 0-2 away to Shanghai Port and then fell directly after the game, and then the entire second half of the game basically became a Shanghai double hero competition.

Let's take a look at the basic situation of the 5 teams in the 2025 season: Shanghai Shenhua continued the lore mode of last season, of which Andre scored in 97 minutes in the first round, Mineiro equalized in 85 minutes and 91 minutes in the 4th round, drew in 82 minutes in Hanchao in the 5th round, equalized in 77 minutes in Hanchao and Chen Jinyi in 98 minutes in the 6th round, and is currently at the top of the list; Shanghai Port's overall strength has declined significantly after losing Oscar, but it still maintains the inertia of a strong team, with 11 points in one less round; Shandong Taishan's performance is unstable, but the team's attack power can be basically guaranteed, with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, accumulating 13 points; Chengdu Rongcheng is good at defense, has not conceded a goal in three consecutive rounds and has good luck in this round, won by virtue of the manatee goalkeeper's mistake slipping, 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss also got 13 points; Beijing Guoan's schedule is the most difficult, has been carried out 5 rounds of games, in addition to Shanghai Shenhua and Chengdu Rongcheng two championship teams, Tianjin Jinmen Tiger and Zhejiang Greentown are also considered strong teams, so the schedule of Beijing Guoan less round of 9 points, in fact, it is also to keep up with the pace of the championship group, more importantly, they have the belief in the championship.

This season, there have been 4 meetings between these 5 teams, except for Shandong Taishan 0-3 loss to Chengdu Rongcheng, the other 3 games are all draws, respectively, Shanghai Shenhua 2-2 draw Beijing Guoan, Beijing Guoan 1-1 draw Chengdu Rongcheng, Shanghai Port 1-1 draw Shanghai Shenhua, this draw, but also proves that the new season of the championship situation will be very stale.

However, there is still a possibility of big changes in the standings in the next 4 rounds, because there will be 5 strong matchups from the 8th round to the 10th round: in the 8th round of the Chinese Super League, Beijing Guoan vs. Shandong Taishan, Shanghai Port vs. Chengdu Rongcheng; In the 9th round, Shandong Taishan played against Shanghai Shenhua; In the 10th round, Shanghai Port played against Beijing Guoan, and Chengdu Rongcheng played against Shanghai Shenhua. After that, only the 13th round of Shanghai Port vs. Shandong Taishan was the focus of the battle. In other words, after the 10th round of matches, the title race may become clearer.

Although there are many highlights of the two-man competition, the top five melee means that there will be more championship 6-point battles in the new season of the Chinese Super League, which will naturally bring more viewing and topicality.

In addition to the top five, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, Qingdao West Coast and Zhejiang Greentown performed very well, and the two promoted teams Yunnan Yukun and Dalian InBev Haifa also showed their own strength, which is expected to bring variables to the Chinese Super League championship. As for the relegation legion, the current 5 teams have 4 to 2 points, which is still cruel.