Unbeaten Shanghai SIPG beat Henan Jianye 3-0 in the Chinese Super League on Sunday to keep ranking first in the standings, with its competitor Guangzhou Evergrande holding a 3-3 draw with Jiangsu Sainty.
Davi caught a penalty kick chance in the 51th minute. Yu Hai enlarged the score to 2-0 through a volley shot in the chaos after a corner kick from Dario Conca in the 54th minute.
Henan let the third goal against in the 60th minute, Conca controlled the ball into the penalty and made chaos again, Wu Lei terminated his goal drought since the season and locked the victory for SIPG.
In Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium, Ricardo Goulart scored a late goal and favored Evergrande teammates struggled to a 3-3 draw with Jiangsu Sainty.
Elkeson broke the deadlock in the 5th minute, but Sainty had completed the reversal in the first half. Sun Ke and Ren Hang got a goal each, Goulart and Gao Lin were sent out in the second half, Gao Lin equalized the score to 2-2 through a header in the 68th minute.
Vidar Orn Kjartansson had given Sainty a surprising lead again in the 83rd, controling the ball with his foot and scoring from a tight angle after receiving the pass from Sergio Escudero. But the defending champions Evergrande equalized the score just before the final whistle.
In the other games of Sunday, Shandong Luneng smashed Beijing Guoan 3-0, Guangzhou R&F upset Changchun Yatai 2-1.
