V-League: Hot at both ends of the rankings

Will Ho Chi Minh City Club (right) find points at Thien Truong Stadium? - Photo: VPF

Accordingly, the two top teams Nam Dinh and Hanoi are both competing fiercely. Meanwhile, the bottom teams SHB Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City Club and Hai Phong are trying to find a way out.

B.Binh Duong - SHB Da Nang (6:00 p.m., FPT Play THTT): Home team must win

B.Binh Duong's performance has slowed down with two consecutive defeats 1-2 against The Cong - Viettel (round 16) and 0-4 against HAGL (round 17). These two defeats left B.Binh Duong 10 points behind the top team Nam Dinh. With 24 points currently, it will be very difficult for B.Binh Duong to compete for the championship.

Hosting bottom-of-the-table SHB Da Nang at home, the biggest pressure for B.Binh Duong is how to regain the trust of the home crowd. Being superior to the away team in every aspect, if B.Binh Duong cannot defeat SHB Da Nang - a team with a 70% risk of relegation - it will be unacceptable.

Regarding SHB Da Nang, coach Le Duc Tuan shared: "The team's goal right now is not to lose, accumulate each point and try to catch up with the team above, Quy Nhon Binh Dinh."

Nam Dinh - Ho Chi Minh City Club (6pm, FPT Play & VTV5 TV): 3 points for the home team?

Five consecutive unbeaten matches, including four wins, have helped defending champions Nam Dinh regain the top spot. That impressive streak of results shows that the "problem" of missing naturalized striker Nguyen Xuan Son has been solved by coach Vu Hong Viet.

In particular, the return from injury of striker Van Toan has brought vitality to the attack of Nam Dinh Club. Van Toan scored a double in the 2-0 victory over Hai Phong in the previous round. And he showed that he will be a player that Ho Chi Minh City Club must be very careful about.

With a much stronger squad, defeating Ho Chi Minh City FC at home is what the Southern team must do to continue maintaining a 4-point gap with Hanoi FC in the championship race. However, Ho Chi Minh City FC does not want to lose and fall further into a dangerous spiral. The last two matches only got 1 point, causing the team to fall to 11th/14 with 20 points after 17 matches, 7 points more than the second-to-last position that must play the relegation play-off.

Ho Chi Minh City FC's schedule is also quite unfavorable when they continuously face strong opponents. Right after the match against Nam Dinh, they will face Cong An Ha Noi (away), Hong Linh Ha Tinh (home), Thanh Hoa (away), Hai Phong (home), Ha Noi (away), B.Binh Duong (home), Quy Nhon Binh Dinh (home) and The Cong - Viettel (away). Therefore, coach Phung Thanh Phuong must calculate to focus on the two matches with the relegation-fighting opponents Hai Phong and Quy Nhon Binh Dinh.

Hai Phong will host Hanoi at 7:15 p.m. at Lach Tray Stadium - Photo: HNFC

Hai Phong - Hanoi (19:15, FPT Play THTT): Unpredictable

Similar to Nam Dinh FC, Hanoi FC is also on a 5-match unbeaten streak (4 wins, 1 draw) to accelerate strongly on the rankings. With good form, Hanoi FC will certainly not give up the goal of winning at Hai Phong Stadium to continue chasing Nam Dinh in the championship race.

The experience of leading Hanoi FC gives Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem (Hai Phong) a significant advantage when facing his old team. Like the first leg at Hang Day Stadium, Hai Phong FC held Hanoi to a 2-2 draw thanks to a brace from striker Lucao. But Hanoi FC is now flying high under the leadership of new coach Makoto Teguramori (Japan).

In addition to providing a reasonable playing style, coach Makoto Teguramori also knows how to revive the scoring ability of foreign strikers to create victory. Specifically, Floro Daniel just scored a double against Thanh Hoa Club, this is the third goal of this Brazilian striker after 7 matches. But the most notable is Joao Pedro, the Portuguese striker who has scored 4 goals in the last 5 matches. While before that, he only scored 3 goals in 12 matches.

Although Hanoi Club is in good form, for coach Chu Dinh Nghiem, the match result is unpredictable.

Results of 3 matches on April 12: Cong An Ha Noi - Hoang Anh Gia Lai 3-1, Thanh Hoa - Song Lam Nghe An 1-1, Quang Nam - Quy Nhon Binh Dinh 1-2.

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