Nam Dinh Club leads the rankings, Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club has its first win

Defending champion Hanoi Police beat Becamex Binh Duong with a score of 3-0, while LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai took advantage of home field to get their first win of the new season.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club has its first win in V-League 2023/24. (Source: FB)

In the highlight match of round 8 of V-League 2023/24, the unstable team with a series of 4 draws and losses, Hanoi Police, unexpectedly won a big victory with a score of 3-0 against the club ranked second on the rankings, Becamex Binh Duong, thanks to goals from Junior Janio, Quang Hai and Ho Tan Tai.

Three full points at home helped the defending champion temporarily rise to 5th place in the rankings with 12 points after 8 rounds.

Meanwhile, the defeat at Hang Day Stadium caused coach Le Huynh Duc's team to be widened to 3 points by the top team, Thep Xanh Nam Dinh, because in the late match, the team from Thanh Nam sent away the away team, The Cong-Viettel, empty-handed, leaving Thien Truong Stadium with a 0-3 loss.

The trio of Rafaelson, Hendrio and Van Toan took turns scoring goals to help coach Vu Hong Viet's team solidify their top spot with 19 points after 8 rounds. As for The Cong-Viettel, the team of new coach Thomas Dooley fell into the bottom 4 with only 8 points.

Round 8 also marked the first victories in the new season for two clubs, Hong Linh Ha Tinh and LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai.

While Tran Dinh Tien scored the only goal in the 67th minute to help the Red Mountain team leave Thong Nhat Stadium of Ho Chi Minh City Club with 3 full points, at home in Pleiku, two goals by A Hoang and Jhon Cley helped LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai have a surprising 2-0 victory over Hanoi FC.

With that, Hoang Anh Gia Lai ended a streak of 8 winless matches since the beginning of the 2023/24 season (including 7 matches in the V-League arena). However, the Mountain City team is still at the bottom of the table after round 8 with 5 points.

In the remaining matches, the only goal of defender Mai Sy Hoang in the 82nd minute helped the guests Song Lam Nghe An "song of triumph" at the 19/8 Nha Trang stadium of the home team Khach Hoa.

Similarly, Leonardo Artur's late goal in the 1-1 helped visitors Quy Nhon Binh Dinh leave Hai Phong's Lach Tray Stadium with a 1-0 overall victory.

Meanwhile, Dong A Thanh Hoa won all 3 points with a 2-0 victory on the field of the Quang Nam team thanks to a goal by Rimario and an own goal by goalkeeper Tong Duc An.

At the end of round 8, the national championship will take a break to make way for the Vietnamese team to compete in the 2023 Asian Cup finals taking place in Qatar from January 12 to February 10, 2024.

According to the expected schedule, the matches in round 9 of V-League 2023/24 will take place on February 17-18, 2024, with the earliest match being the competition between host Becamex Binh Duong and newcomer Quang Nam.