Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ho Chi Minh City & Sai Gon face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Vietnamese Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Sai Gon could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Vietnamese Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Hue. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Ho Chi Minh City form and stats
Ho Chi Minh City was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Vietnamese Cup.0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the V-League numbers at home for Ho Chi Minh City so far this season.
The Minh manager Trần and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Ha Noi.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Binh Duong that ended 1-1.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ho Chi Minh City at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sai Gon form and stats
Last season their Vietnamese Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sai Gon playing as the away team in the V-League this season.
Two travels in a row for Sai Gon, whose manager Phùng could celebrate last time after the Vietnamese Cup win against Hue.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Song Lam Nghe An in the V-League.It's early days yet, but Sai Gon has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Minh five wins, three draws and Sai Gon two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Ho Chi Minh City missing players
Sai Gon missing players
| Ho Chi Minh City | Sai Gon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 26 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| 8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hai Phong | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Viettel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Song Lam Nghe An | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Ha Noi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Binh Dinh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Binh Duong | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Ho Chi Minh City | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Da Nang | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Sai Gon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Ha Noi T&T | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | Nam Dinh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
