Scrambling Ho Chi Minh City cross their fingers to pull off a small shock when they play hard-driving Viettel in the next league round. It’s 10th vs 4th and the home crowd will have modest expectations.
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in V-League
- Viettel have the fewest conceded goals (14) in V-League
Relegation threatens Minh who should definitely be looking for some points here. Viettel is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
These teams have little in common geographically as Viettel have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the V-League. That game was also an away game, at Ha Noi. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
Ho Chi Minh City's struggle is real here at Sân vận động Thống Nhất with only 11 points collected from 11 V-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.
Ho Chi Minh City's last game was hosting Da Nang (placed 9th) and winning 3-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting FLC Thanh Hoa and winning 2-1.With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Minh defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Ho Chi Minh City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Da Nang, Sai Gon, Nam Dinh and Hong Linh Ha Tinh), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Viettel form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in V-League, are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the V-League.
Viettel aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 296 league minutes without a goal. Hao was the last player to find the net.
Viettel lost away at Ha Noi (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Until that loss this team had taken at least a draw from seven league matches in a row.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Binh Dinh.Low on goals? 13 of this side's latest 16 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
It's not easy to score on Viettel as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The latest H2H game ended Viettel - Minh 1-0, earlier this season. Stats for the last seven meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Ho Chi Minh City, two draws and three wins for Viettel. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Cândido Silveira 7 goals |  H. Nguyễn 5 goals |
Ho Chi Minh City missing players
Viettel missing players
| Ho Chi Minh City | Viettel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 32 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 91% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | 55% |
| 50% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 9% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 27% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 5.1 | 6.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.6 | 8.5 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 35% | 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | 43% |
| 6.8 | 6.2 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
- 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 (3) 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 (-8) at home 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.
- Viettel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Viettel have the fewest conceded goals (14) in V-League
- Viettel have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in V-League
- Viettel have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in V-League
- Viettel have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in V-League
- Viettel have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in V-League
- Viettel have the most clean sheets (10) in V-League
- Viettel have the most matches under the total-line (16) in V-League
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Hai Phong | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Binh Dinh | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Viettel | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Song Lam Nghe An | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Binh Duong | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 28 |
| 9 | Da Nang | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -13 | 25 |
| 10 | Ho Chi Minh City | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -10 | 24 |
| 11 | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Nam Dinh | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 20 |
| 13 | Sai Gon | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -14 | 19 |
