The V-League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Viettel and Than Quang Ninh are placed 2nd and 11th respectively.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Viettel form and stats
A V-League draw at home so far for Viettel. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches.
Viettel are returning here after visiting Nam Dinh in a V-League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Hồ Khắc Ngọc scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting An Giang and winning 2-0.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Vũ Minh Tuấn scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
Early season league goal statistics from Viettel's 1 home game: 3 goals, 3 conceded.
Than Quang Ninh form and stats
Than Quang Ninh have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the V-League were 3 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 13 fixtures.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a V-League home defeat versus Ha Noi T&T with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Nam Dinh (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties).
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Than Quang Ninh has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Viettel won zero, Than Quang Ninh won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Cunha Cantanhede 12 goals |   R. Dyachenko 10 goals |  H. Mạc 9 goals |
Viettel missing players
Than Quang Ninh missing players
| Viettel | Than Quang Ninh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 7.3 | 12 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 17 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 32 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 38% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
- Viettel has the most scored goals in the second half (5)
| Viettel | Last season | Than Quang Ninh | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 73% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 73% | ||
| 46% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 54% | ||
| 27% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 35% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 23% | ||
| 42% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 54% | ||
| 27% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 35% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 23% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 191 | 120 | Total Shots | T S | 126 | 262 | ||
| 68 | 42 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 116 | ||
| 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ho Chi Minh City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Viettel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Song Lam Nghe An | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Ha Noi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Sai Gon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Hai Phong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Binh Duong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Quang Nam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Ha Noi T&T | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Than Quang Ninh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Nam Dinh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Da Nang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 30 | 53 |
| 2 | Ho Chi Minh City | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 48 |
| 3 | Than Quang Ninh | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 39 |
| 4 | Binh Duong | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Sai Gon | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 36 |
| 6 | Viettel | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 36 |
| 7 | Song Lam Nghe An | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -1 | 35 |
| 9 | Quang Nam | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Da Nang | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Nam Dinh | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | -9 | 31 |
| 12 | Hai Phong | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 30 |
| 13 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -16 | 26 |
| 14 | Sanna Khanh Hoa | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 25 |