Hoang Anh Gia Lai will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Ho Chi Minh City.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai form and stats
Overall V-League stats at home this season for Hoang Anh Gia Lai are 4-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Hoang Anh Gia Lai bring valid hopes of a third.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 187 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Walsh was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager T. Lee led his Hoang Anh Gia Lai to a defeat in the V-League match away at Song Lam Nghe An. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that game was the away draw at FLC Thanh Hoa that finished 0-0.
Hoang has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Hoang have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (21) in V-League, on their V-League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Ho Chi Minh City are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the V-League against Nam Dinh (placed 12th). Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Ha Noi's place.
As you can tell from the results above, Minh was very dominant against Nam Dinh, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with A. Rodríguez, Lâm Ti Phông, Nguyễn Công Phượng (2) and Ngô Hoàng Thịnh providing the goals.
Minh are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Ho Chi Minh City as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Hoang victories, one draw and five Ho Chi Minh City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Trần 12 goals |  V. Nguyễn 9 goals | C. Walsh 7 goals |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai missing players
Ho Chi Minh City missing players
| Hoang Anh Gia Lai | Ho Chi Minh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 21 |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 58% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 42% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 76 | 27 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 46 | 135 |
| 32 | 14 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 17 | 54 |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 53% | 39% |
- Ho Chi Minh City has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City has the most scored goals (21) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai 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 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Viettel | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Ho Chi Minh City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Than Quang Ninh | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Ha Noi | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Binh Duong | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Da Nang | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Song Lam Nghe An | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Nam Dinh | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 10 |
| 13 | Hai Phong | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 14 | Quang Nam | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 9 |