This fixture features two participants residing in the cellar of the V-League, Ho Chi Minh City having 12th place and Sai Gon lying 13th. A nice opportunity for one of the teams to boost their situation.
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in V-League
- Sai Gon have the most conceded goals (30) in V-League
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the V-League this season. Ho Chi Minh City have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Sân vận động Thống Nhất. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Ho Chi Minh City, their manager Trương and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The home team returns to Sân vận động Thống Nhất after drawing with Ha Noi T&T (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Samson was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Ha Noi T&T after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Ahead of that match, Minh lost 0-1 at home to Nam Dinh.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Ho Chi Minh City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 5 games).
Ho Chi Minh City have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. 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.
Sai Gon form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sai Gon so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Sai delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Ha Noi (placed 1st) in their previous fixture.
Before that match, 1-1 away against Hoang Anh Gia Lai (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) in the Cup. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sai Gon when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 0 and winning 3 games.
Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored in 11 of this club's latest 13 league fixtures.
Sai Gon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Sai are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Ho Chi Minh City have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Sai Gon.The newest reported scoreline featuring both these sides is the Sai Gon - Ho Chi Minh City 1-2 played not long ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Merlo 6 goals |   S. Olaleye 3 goals |
Ho Chi Minh City missing players
Sai Gon missing players
| Ho Chi Minh City | Sai Gon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 60% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 13% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 13 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 26% | 27% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 44% | 51% |
| 6.5 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13.4 | 10.5 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 4.7 |
- All of Sai Gon's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ho Chi Minh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sai Gon have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sai Gon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sai Gon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sai Gon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sai Gon have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in V-League
- Sai Gon have the fewest clean sheets (0) in V-League
- Sai Gon have the most conceded goals (18) away in V-League
- Sai Gon have the most conceded goals (30) in V-League
- Sai Gon have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in V-League
- Sai Gon have the most matches over the total-line (9) in V-League
- Sai Gon have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in V-League
- Sai Gon have the the worst goal difference (-11) in V-League
- Sai Gon have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sai Gon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Binh Dinh | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Hai Phong | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 4 | Viettel | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Song Lam Nghe An | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 6 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Binh Duong | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 8 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Da Nang | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Nam Dinh | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Ha Noi T&T | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Ho Chi Minh City | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | Sai Gon | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 12 |
