FLC Thanh Hoa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Hoang Anh Gia Lai.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
These teams have little in common geographically as Hoang Anh Gia Lai have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
FLC Thanh Hoa form and stats
The story so far in the V-League for FLC Thanh Hoa at their home stadium (Sân vận động Thanh Hóa) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Thanh are returning here after visiting Binh Duong in a V-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Hoàng Vũ Samson scored the goal(s). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sai Gon (0-3).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Thanh here at Sân vận động Thanh Hóa in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Thanh are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sân vận động Thanh Hóa in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai form and stats
The visitors are W0-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the V-League. Hoang has drawn their two previous away games.
The supporters enjoyed Hoang's previous game versus Quang Nam (placed 14th), a V-League 3-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Binh Duong that ended 1-1.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hoang have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. The Hoang manager T. Lee has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Thanh wins - draws - Hoang Anh Gia Lai wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Trần 12 goals |  V. Nguyễn 9 goals |
FLC Thanh Hoa missing players
Hoang Anh Gia Lai missing players
| FLC Thanh Hoa | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 20% |
| 5 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | 33 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 39 | 66 |
| 30 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 16 | 30 |
| 23% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 40% |
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai has the most dropped points from leading position (9)
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sai Gon | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Viettel | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Ho Chi Minh City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Than Quang Ninh | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Ha Noi | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Binh Duong | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Da Nang | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Song Lam Nghe An | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | Ha Noi T&T | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Nam Dinh | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Hai Phong | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
| 14 | Quang Nam | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 7 |