Beijing Guoan achieved an easy win over Tianjin TEDA, 3-1, in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province on Thursday night.
Though Beijing's Piao Cheng was pulled out of the game because of injury in the ninth minute, Alan Carvalho, Zhang Xizhe and Yu Dabao scored three goals for Beijing in the 39th, 77th and 91st minute for Beijing. Rong Hao's long shot in the 61st minute was excellent and he scored, but it was far from enough to reverse the situation for Tianjin.
In the other game on Wednesday night, Qingdao Huanghai managed to gain a 1-1 draw against the defending champions Shanghai SIPG. Both sides scored with a penalty kick. Wang Dong did it first for Qingdao in the 71st minute, but Oscar tied the game for Shanghai 10 minutes later.