Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nam Dinh & Hoang Anh Gia Lai face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Hoang Anh Gia Lai have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Nam Dinh form and stats
Last season their Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Nam Dinh have to build on here in the V-League. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Dinh after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Nam Dinh's last game was hosting Ha Noi T&T and winning 2-1. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Ha Noi T&T.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Nam Dinh at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai form and stats
They also participated in Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the V-League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Viettel in their previous outing. The V-League match ended in a draw 3-3. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Than Quang Ninh.
Drawing 3-3 against Viettel after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager T. Lee needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As you can tell from the result, the match against Viettel was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? As mentioned above, Hoang drew the match against Viettel. Manager T. Lee brought on Nguyễn Văn Anh to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
It's early days yet, but Hoang Anh Gia Lai has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - one - nine (Dinh wins - draws - Hoang Anh Gia Lai wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Trần 12 goals |  D. Junior Pereira 10 goals |  V. Nguyễn 9 goals |
Nam Dinh missing players
Hoang Anh Gia Lai missing players
| Nam Dinh | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 37 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Conceded | C | 25 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 234 | 152 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 254 | ||
| 113 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 108 | ||
| 42% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ho Chi Minh City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Sai Gon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Viettel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Hai Phong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Song Lam Nghe An | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Than Quang Ninh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Ha Noi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Binh Duong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Nam Dinh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Quang Nam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Ha Noi T&T | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Da Nang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |