Henan Jianye edged over Wuhan Zall 1-0 in their first game in the relegation group on Sunday, gaining the upper hand in the competition for the right to stay in the Chinese Super League.

Henrique Dourado scored the game-winning goal via a penalty kick for Jianye in the 30th minute after Christian Bassogog created the chance for him. Though he did not score the goal himself, Bassogog gave himself an excellent present for his 25th birthday.

This game was not as peaceful as its scoreboard. In the 9th minute, Zall's Liu Yi and Jianye's Fernando Karanga bumped into each other when they competed for a header. Both shed blood. Liu changed a new jersey and had to wear head protection. In the second half, Zall's Song Zhiwei kicked the ball to one of Jianye's players when the game was stalled, almost causing strife. As a result, Song was given a yellow card.

Later, Song also committed a foul on Dourado by kicking him down on the ground, but he got away with it. Zall's Eddy Gnahore broke into Jianye's box into Jianye's box and was taken down there in the 64th minute, but no foul was called.

The two teams will meet again on October 23.

'Shanghai Derby' ends 0-0

The CSL defending champions Shanghai SIPG failed to win the "Shanghai Derby" against Shanghai Shenhua in the championship group. Neither side scored anything before the game ended a 0-0 tie.

SIPG, as the stronger side, shot 19 times in the game and kept posing threats against Shenhua's goal in the last five minutes. However, Stephane M'Bia and goalkeeper Zeng Cheng managed to keep their net safe. Meanwhile, Li Shenglong, Fu Huan, and He Guan also missed several great scoring opportunities. Yang Xu's header in the 91st minute was only inches away from bringing SIPG a win.

SIPG's starting goalkeeper Yan Junling collided with Shenhua's Bi Jinhao in the 36th minute. Yan's head was hit, and the game was paused for nine minutes before Yan was replaced by Chen Wei.

Shenhua only tried two shots in the game, and neither of them was on the goal.