After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Ho Chi Minh City in this fresh V-League season. Read our match preview!
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have the the best goal difference (+4) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have lost all their away matches so far.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai have less rest than Ho Chi Minh City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a V-League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Viettel.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai form and stats
Perfect V-League season at home so far for Hoang Anh Gia Lai, who have the the best goal difference (+4) in V-League, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Hoang are confident in defense, having played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Hoang, who won 3-0 against Viettel (placed 9th). Before that, Hoang played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Ha Noi T&T.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
It's not happening yet for Ho Chi Minh City on their V-League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Ho Chi Minh City seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Minh's previous game was their home loss versus Ha Noi (0-3). Before that, Minh secured a home win against Sai Gon with the score 1-0.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ho Chi Minh City has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hoang Anh Gia Lai three wins, one draw and Ho Chi Minh City six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Nguyễn 2 goals |  M. Trần 1 goals | W. Brandão dos Santos 1 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 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13 | 10.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 37% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 13% |
- All of Hoang Anh Gia Lai's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ho Chi Minh City have failed to score a single goal away.
- Ho Chi Minh City have lost all their away matches so far.
- Ho Chi Minh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have scored more than double the goals of Ho Chi Minh City.
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have the the best goal difference (+4) in V-League
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai have won all their matches at home so far.
| Hoang Anh Gia Lai | Last season | Ho Chi Minh City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 90% | ||
| 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 70% | ||
| 60% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 45% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | ||
| 55% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 30% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 25% | ||
| 25% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Than Quang Ninh | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Ha Noi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Da Nang | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Binh Duong | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Hai Phong | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Song Lam Nghe An | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Binh Dinh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Viettel | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Nam Dinh | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Sai Gon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Ho Chi Minh City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Ha Noi T&T | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |