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 4 points behind Sai Gon.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai form and stats
Hoang Anh Gia Lai, who have the most points (16) at home in V-League, have been very solid at home in the V-League so far, with 16 points collected from 6 matches (5-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 7th position in the table. Hoang has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager T. Lee and the players.
Ahead of that match, Hoang Anh Gia Lai lost 0-4 at home to Ha Noi.
Goals decide football matches and Hoang Anh Gia Lai are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Hoang are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Sai Gon form and stats
The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in V-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the V-League. Sai seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Prior to that match, the Sai Gon manager Vũ Tiến Thành faced defeat when travelling to Binh Duong and losing 1-3.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Than Quang Ninh in just four days.
Sai has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Sai as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hoang - Sai Gon 1-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Hoang won two, Sai Gon won five and three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Hoang Anh Gia Lai missing players
Sai Gon missing players
| Hoang Anh Gia Lai | Sai Gon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 27 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 69% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 56% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 38% |
| 44% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 19% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 56% |
| 31% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 105 | 48 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 42 | 113 |
| 48 | 24 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 22 | 48 |
| 40% | 50% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 59% | 46% |
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai has the most points (16) at home in V-League
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai has the the best goal difference (+8) at home in V-League
- Hoang Anh Gia Lai haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sai Gon has the fewest conceded goals (7) in V-League
- Sai Gon has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in V-League
- Sai Gon has the most clean sheets (9) in V-League
- Sai Gon has the most points (14) away in V-League
- Sai Gon has the most scored goals (12) away in V-League
- Sai Gon has the the best goal difference (+12) in V-League
- Sai Gon has the the best goal difference (+6) away in V-League
- Sai Gon 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 | Sai Gon | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Viettel | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Than Quang Ninh | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Ha Noi | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Ho Chi Minh City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Binh Duong | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Da Nang | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Song Lam Nghe An | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | Nam Dinh | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Hai Phong | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | Quang Nam | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 9 |