V-League: We're looking at an interesting and key fight involving Sai Gon and Ho Chi Minh City at Sân vận động Thống Nhất. Both need the points!
- Sai Gon have the most conceded goals (24) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals (7) in V-League
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning extra mental strain and significance.
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.
Sai Gon form and stats
The story so far in the V-League for Sai Gon, who have the most conceded goals (24) in V-League, at their home stadium (Sân vận động Thống Nhất) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Sai Gon faced defeat in their previous match, away at Binh Duong (1-2).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Hoang Anh Gia Lai (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sai have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 1.
Sai Gon has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Sai have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ho Chi Minh City, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in V-League, in their V-League matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Nguyễn, the Ho Chi Minh City manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Ho Chi Minh City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Binh Dinh (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Late heartbreak for Minh in the Binh Dinh match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nam Dinh wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ho Chi Minh City playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 4 Ho Chi Minh City wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Ho Chi Minh City are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 5 away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sai two wins, four draws and Ho Chi Minh City four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Merlo 4 goals |   H. Ngô 2 goals | M. Trần 1 goals |
Sai Gon missing players
Ho Chi Minh City missing players
| Sai Gon | Ho Chi Minh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 64% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 45% |
| 3.4 | 4.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 5 | 2.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5.9 | 7.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 8% | 23% |
| 10.4 | 7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
- Ho Chi Minh City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ho Chi Minh City have the fewest scored goals (7) in V-League
- Ho Chi Minh City have yet to win a game away.
- Ho Chi Minh City is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Sai Gon have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sai Gon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ho Chi Minh City have scored away.
- Sai Gon have the most conceded goals (24) in V-League
- Sai Gon have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in V-League
- Sai Gon have the the worst goal difference (-11) in V-League
- Sai Gon have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sai Gon have yet to win a game at home.
- Sai Gon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Song Lam Nghe An | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Hai Phong | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Viettel | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Binh Dinh | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Da Nang | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 8 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Binh Duong | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Ha Noi T&T | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Nam Dinh | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Ho Chi Minh City | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Sai Gon | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 7 |
