Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the V-League.
It's no vacation for neither Minh nor Binh Duong as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
The story so far in the V-League for Ho Chi Minh City, who have the most scored goals (23) in V-League, at their home stadium is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A strong away win for Minh against Hong Linh Ha Tinh the last match, as A. Rodríguez and Trần Phi Sơn (2) were on target. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Hoang Anh Gia Lai.
Minh have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Ho Chi Minh City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Binh Duong form and stats
2-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Binh Duong in their V-League matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Binh Duong's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Impressive finishing from A. Rabo and Nguyễn Tiến Linh secured the home win 3-2 against Hoang Anh Gia Lai in their previous game. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Hong Linh Ha Tinh.
An amazing comeback from Duong last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to A. Rabo scoring the winning goal in the 89th minute.
Duong are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Binh Duong in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ho Chi Minh City - Binh Duong 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Minh two wins, four draws and Binh Duong three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Nguyễn 7 goals |
Ho Chi Minh City missing players
Binh Duong missing players
| Ho Chi Minh City | Binh Duong | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 25 |
| 25 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 68% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 74% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 32% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 53% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 198 | 97 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 56 | 130 |
| 74 | 40 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 26 | 57 |
| 36% | 30% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 44% |
- Binh Duong has the most points from losing position (10) in V-League
- Binh Duong have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ho Chi Minh City has the most scored goals (23) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ho Chi Minh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Sai Gon | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Viettel | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Than Quang Ninh | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Ha Noi | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Ho Chi Minh City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Binh Duong | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Da Nang | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Song Lam Nghe An | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | Nam Dinh | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Hai Phong | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Quang Nam | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 9 |