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| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 76 | 188 | 2.47 | 33 | 43.42% | 25 | 32.89% | 18 | 23.68% |
| Group A | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Shandong Taishan | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 21 | WLWW | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
| 2 | 1 | Shenzhen FC | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 21 | WWOW | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | Guangzhou | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 18 | LWXW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | |
| 4 | 1 | Guangzhou City | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 14 | WLXX | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | Henan Songshan Longmen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 11 | LWOX | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Chongqing Liangjiang | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 8 | XWLL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| 7 | 1 | Cangzhou Xiongshi | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 7 | XLWL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 8 | 2 | Qingdao | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -16 | 7 | LLLL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Group B | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Shanghai Port | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 19 | WXWO | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Hebei | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 17 | WWLW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | Changchun Yatai | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 16 | XWWL | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | Shanghai Shenhua | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 | LOWW | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 14 | WXLO | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Wuhan | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 6 | XOXO | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 | 1 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 5 | LLLO | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Dalian Professional | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 4 | LLXL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 7 | +1 | ELKESON de Oliveira (Guangzhou, 1p) |
| 6 | ALAN KARDEC de Souza (Shenzhen FC, 2p) | |
| 5 | +1 | GUO Tianyu (Shandong Taishan) |
| +1 | Marouane FELLAINI (Shandong Taishan, 1p) | |
| 4 | RICARDO LOPES Pereira (Shanghai Port) | |
| José HENRIQUE (Henan Songshan Longmen, 2p) | ||
| +1 | JÚNIOR NEGRÃO (Changchun Yatai) | |
| YANG Liyu (Guangzhou) | ||
| +1 | GUILHERME Costa (Guangzhou City, 1p) | |
| 3 | +1 | YIN Hongbo (Hebei) |
| ERIK Nascimento LIMA (Changchun Yatai) | ||
| +1 | TIAGO de Leonco (Guangzhou City) | |
| LÜ Wenjun (Shanghai Port) | ||
| ZHANG Xizhe (Beijing Guoan, 1p) | ||
| Marko ARNAUTOVIC (Shanghai Port) | ||
| OSCAR dos Santos (Shanghai Port, 2p) | ||
| +1 | GAO Lin (Shenzhen FC) | |
| +1 | Jean KOUASSI (Wuhan) | |
| YIN Congyao (Chongqing Liangjiang) | ||
| +1 | Jown CARDONA (Guangzhou City, 1p) | |
| +1 | Cédric BAKAMBU (Beijing Guoan, 2p) |
| Friday, 30 July 2021 | |||||
| 10 | Shandong Taishan | 2-0 | Henan Songshan Longmen | ||
| 40 | Fellaini | ||||
| 59 | Guo | ||||
| 10 | Shenzhen FC | 2-1 | Guangzhou | ||
| 41 | Zheng | 45(p) | Elkeson | ||
| 47 | Gao | ||||
| 10 | Guangzhou City | 4-2 | Qingdao | ||
| 4 | Tiago | 55 | Zhu | ||
| 27 | Ye | 73 | Zhu | ||
| 78(p) | Guilherme | ||||
| 90 | Cardona | ||||
| 10 | Cangzhou Xiongshi | 1-1 | Chongqing Liangjiang | ||
| 26 | Xie | 89 | Zhang | ||
| Saturday, 31 July 2021 | |||||
| 10 | Shanghai Port | 1-0 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| 32 | Li | ||||
| 10 | Dalian Professional | 0-1 | Beijing Guoan | ||
| 75(p) | Bakambu | ||||
| 10 | Wuhan | 2-2 | Changchun Yatai | ||
| 25 | Kouassi | 45 | Júnior Negrão | ||
| 72(p) | Anderson | 62 | Tan | ||
| 10 | Hebei | 2-1 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | ||
| 8 | Zhang | 20(p) | Magno | ||
| 40 | Yin | ||||