This is considered a decisive match for a ticket to the regional play-off match of group 2, the qualifying round of the Southwest region, the 2nd Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament - 2024 THACO Cup. This group includes 3 teams: FPT University Can Tho, Tra Vinh University and Tay Do University. At the end of the first round on March 3, the away team Tra Vinh University had a narrow 1-0 victory over the home team Tay Do University. In the second round on March 5, the Tay Do University team had a spectacular comeback to win 5-2 against FPT University Can Tho.
Tra Vinh University (blue shirt) is holding a big advantage because they only need a draw against FPT University Can Tho to advance to the play-off match.
With this result, before the third round of matches today, the temporary order of the teams in group 2, Southwest region is: 1/ Tay Do University: 3 points (2 matches, goal difference 5/3), 2/ Tra Vinh University: 3 points (1 match, goal difference 1/0), 3/ FPT University Can Tho: 0 points (1 match, goal difference 2/5). Having pocketed 3 points after 1 match, the away team Tra Vinh University is holding a big advantage because they only need a draw against FPT University Can Tho to be able to continue to the regional play-off match. In case Tra Vinh University loses to FPT University Can Tho with a score of 0-1, the top spot in group 2 will belong to Tay Do University because then the 3 teams in the same group will have 3 points but Tay Do University has a better goal difference. In terms of strength, it is clear that Tra Vinh University is rated higher than FPT University Can Tho. The history of confrontation also supports the away team when in the qualifying round of the Southwest region, the first Vietnam Youth Student Football Tournament in 2023, Tra Vinh University crushed FPT Can Tho University with a score of 7-0. In this year's tournament, Tra Vinh University team of coach Tram Quoc Nam is considered to have "changed blood" by calling up many young players. Perhaps that is why in the opening match, Tra Vinh University team had to struggle to win by a narrow margin against Tay Do University.
FPT University Can Tho (red shirt) will have to beat Tra Vinh University by 5 goals or more to advance.
Meanwhile, for FPT University Can Tho to be ranked first in Group 2, the team will have to beat Tra Vinh University by 5 goals or more. This will be an extremely difficult task for FPT University Can Tho. However, unlike last year, coach Nguyen Thanh Dien and his team of FPT University Can Tho have prepared more carefully. In the opening match, losing 5-2 to Cuu Long University, FPT University Can Tho led 2-1 in the first half and only lost consecutively in the final minutes of the match. Physical strength will be a factor that FPT University Can Tho's coaching staff needs to improve to overcome Tra Vinh University as this is also considered a strong point of the away team.
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