Ho Chi Minh City are looking to blank out the league table ahead of this game versus Song Lam Nghe An. Here's all you should know pre-match!
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals (15) in V-League
- Song Lam Nghe An have won significantly less corners away then at home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Song Lam Nghe An have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Ho Chi Minh City have less rest than Song Lam Nghe An in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a V-League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ha Noi, was also a home game here at Sân vận động Thống Nhất. The away team is better rested.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
Ho Chi Minh City's struggle is real here at Sân vận động Thống Nhất with only 7 points collected from 9 V-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-6. The home stadium (Sân vận động Thống Nhất) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Ho Chi Minh City it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Minh are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 212 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Bygrave).
The Ho Chi Minh City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-6 to Ha Noi here at Sân vận động Thống Nhất. Ho Chi Minh City were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Binh Duong the opponent.Minh aren't scoring a lot here at Sân vận động Thống Nhất in the league, with only {6 goals} from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ho Chi Minh City have conceded 17 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Song Lam Nghe An form and stats
As the visiting team in V-League matches, Song Lam Nghe An have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Sai Gon with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that result Song Lam Nghe An won their away game at Hoang Anh Gia Lai. The scoreline was 2-1.The attacking power of Song Lam Nghe An when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Song in these games.
Head 2 Head
Song Lam Nghe An - Ho Chi Minh City 2-0 was the end result in these sides' last H2H game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Minh five wins, two draws and Song Lam Nghe An three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Oseni 5 goals |   H. Ngô 3 goals |  S. Olaleye 3 goals |
Ho Chi Minh City missing players
Song Lam Nghe An missing players
| Ho Chi Minh City | Song Lam Nghe An | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 29 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 74% |
| 42% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 37% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 11% | 11% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | 47% |
| 21% | 11% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 37% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.7 | 8.9 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 23% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 39% |
| 6.7 | 6 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.1 |
- Ho Chi Minh City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Ho Chi Minh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest points (7) at home in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals (15) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the most conceded goals (17) at home in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the the worst goal difference (-14) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ho Chi Minh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Song Lam Nghe An have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Song Lam Nghe An haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Ha Noi | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Hai Phong | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Viettel | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Binh Dinh | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Song Lam Nghe An | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Binh Duong | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 8 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Da Nang | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | Sai Gon | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Nam Dinh | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 12 | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Ho Chi Minh City | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -14 | 17 |
