Most people believe in FLC Thanh Hoa in this game versus Ho Chi Minh City, but the away side will battle to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!
- FLC Thanh Hoa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the the worst goal difference (-13) in V-League
Ho Chi Minh City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
FLC Thanh Hoa form and stats
6-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the V-League numbers at home for FLC Thanh Hoa so far this season. The Thanh manager Petrović might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The FLC Thanh Hoa followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sân vận động Thanh Hóa: A 1-2 defeat against Ho Chi Minh City (placed 10th). The defeat against Ho Chi Minh City was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Bygrave).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Nam Dinh and winning 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FLC Thanh Hoa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 5 and lost 6.
The Thanh fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, FLC Thanh Hoa have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their V-League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Ho Chi Minh City, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus FLC Thanh Hoa (placed 5th) last time out. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league games without victory. Late drama in the previous game, when Bygrave scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat FLC Thanh Hoa.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Song Lam Nghe An.Ho Chi Minh City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
13 goals have been conceded by Minh in these games.
Head 2 Head
Ho Chi Minh City have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when facing FLC Thanh Hoa.These competitors have battled earlier this season: FLC Thanh Hoa - Ho Chi Minh City 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  J. de Oliveira Pinto 7 goals |  D. Green 5 goals | A. Bygrave 4 goals |
FLC Thanh Hoa missing players
Ho Chi Minh City missing players
| FLC Thanh Hoa | Ho Chi Minh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 21 | 16 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 32 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 73% | 86% |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 71% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 48% |
| 10% | 10% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 30% | 30% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 52% |
| 40% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 19% |
| 35% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 43% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 8.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.8 |
| 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 40% | 43% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 32% |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.4 | 6.9 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3 |
- FLC Thanh Hoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FLC Thanh Hoa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FLC Thanh Hoa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in V-League
- FLC Thanh Hoa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ho Chi Minh City have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the most points from losing position (11) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the the worst goal difference (-13) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ha Noi | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Hai Phong | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Binh Dinh | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Viettel | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Song Lam Nghe An | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Binh Duong | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | Da Nang | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 10 | Ho Chi Minh City | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -13 | 21 |
| 11 | Nam Dinh | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 | Sai Gon | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | Ha Noi T&T | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
