National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hong Linh Ha Tinh or Long An that keep their silverware dream alive.
Long An have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home team, as they played a V-League match only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sanna Khanh Hoa, was also a home game here at Sân vận động Vinh. The away team is better rested.
Hong Linh Ha Tinh form and stats
Last season their Vietnamese Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the V-League numbers at home for Hong Linh Ha Tinh so far this season.
Hong Linh Ha Tinh drew their last game, also a home match. Sanna Khanh Hoa was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Prior to that, an away loss at Cong An Nhan Dan in the V-League.A decent goal production from Hong Linh Ha Tinh in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches.
Long An form and stats
Long An's mission in Vietnamese Cup last season failed in the round of 16.The story so far for the visiting team on their V-League 2 travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Long delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Pho Hien in their previous fixture.
A draw for Long An before that, at their own venue hosting Hoa Binh (2-2).Long are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Long An have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hong Linh Ha Tinh six wins, three draws and Long An one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Diallo 6 goals | T. Nguyễn 3 goals | J. Almeida Santos 2 goals |
Hong Linh Ha Tinh missing players
Long An missing players
| Hong Linh Ha Tinh | Long An | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 43 | ||
| 37 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 38 | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 9.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cong An Nhan Dan | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | FLC Thanh Hoa | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Ha Noi | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Viettel | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Hai Phong | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Binh Dinh | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Nam Dinh | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Song Lam Nghe An | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Sanna Khanh Hoa | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Da Nang | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Ho Chi Minh City | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Binh Duong | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Quang Nam | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | Pho Hien | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Phu Dong | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Binh Thuan | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 5 | Long An | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Hoa Binh | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Hue | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Bà Ria Vũng Tàu | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Binh Phuoc | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | Phu Tho | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
