HAGL returns to winning streak?
The final matches of round 13 of V-League 2024 - 2025 will end today (February 16), with the match between HAGL and Binh Dinh at Pleiku Stadium at 5:00 p.m., and the match between Binh Duong Club and Ha Tinh Club at Go Dau Stadium at 6:00 p.m.
The defeat against The Cong Viettel caused HAGL to drop to 8th place. However, with 16 points, only 2 points behind the 5th place team (Ha Tinh), the team of coach Le Quang Trai and technical director (GĐKT) Vu Tien Thanh will return to the top group if they win against Binh Dinh, and Ha Tinh loses on Binh Duong's field.
HAGL return?
Regarding the necessary conditions, HAGL can do it. Binh Dinh Club is in crisis, having only won 1 point in the last 4 matches. After a successful start to the season, the team from the land of Vo has returned to earth. Coach Bui Doan Quang Huy's team no longer has the spirit that helped the team finish second last season. The modest force, along with a foreign squad far inferior to what Alan Grafite and Leo Artur did last season, is forcing Binh Dinh Club to only calculate each match.
Binh Dinh FC's away form is also not impressive, winning only 1 of their last 5 away matches (earning 4 out of 15 maximum points). On the contrary, HAGL played well at home in Pleiku. 2 wins and 3 draws, including points against strong teams such as Hanoi Police FC, Thanh Hoa and Nam Dinh, show that when playing in Pleiku, HAGL is always very difficult to defeat.
However, HAGL cannot control themselves. Chau Ngoc Quang and his teammates were held to a 2-2 draw by Ho Chi Minh City FC in round 11, despite leading by 2 goals at home. The young players often make HAGL lose focus at crucial moments. Coach Le Quang Trai's main task is to provide psychological support for his players. If they stay focused and take advantage of opportunities, HAGL will have 3 points.
Ha Tinh Club wants to maintain unbeaten streak
Ha Tinh Club has been unbeaten in 12 matches in the V-League this season, only 1 match short of the record of not losing the entire first leg of Hanoi Club (2018).
However, it was a challenging match, when coach Nguyen Thanh Cong and his team had to play away at Go Dau Stadium of host Binh Duong.
Ha Tinh Club (red shirt) won 3, drew 9 after 12 rounds
Binh Duong FC has returned under new coach Nguyen Cong Manh, winning 2 out of the last 3 matches. The team from the capital defeated Binh Dinh FC and Quang Nam FC with the same score of 2-1. The common point of the 2 matches is that although they did not dominate their opponents, Tien Linh and his teammates had extremely "sharp" finishing.
After the crisis at the end of the Hoang Anh Tuan era, Binh Duong Club is slowly coming back. It is too early to say that the Go Dau team will return to the championship race, but if they accumulate each point well, coach Nguyen Cong Manh and his team will soon enter the top group because the championship teams such as Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh or Hanoi are not in stable form.
The challenge of Ha Tinh FC with 12 unbeaten matches is a high dose test for Binh Duong FC. The away team has a very solid counter-attack defense, having only conceded 7 goals in 12 matches. Ha Tinh FC is extremely good when playing as the underdog, with a disciplined defense and a quick, neat and solid counter-attack strategy.
Ha Tinh team has also only lost 1 of the last 16 matches, with the most recent defeat in V-League happening 8 months ago. It is very difficult to beat Ha Tinh, can Tien Linh and his teammates do it?
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-v-league-hom-nay-hagl-co-hoi-vao-top-5-tien-linh-chien-tuong-thep-185250215174213137.htm
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