'Thanh Vinh Fire Pan' is coming back?

Up to this point, coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team have played a total of 6 matches at Vinh Stadium in V.League 2019, with the results of 4 wins and 2 draws. In addition to 2 draws with the score of 0 - 0 against Nam Dinh and Sanna Khanh Hoa, the Nghe team has defeated Quang Nam (2 - 0), B.Binh Duong (2 - 1), Thanh Hoa (1 - 0) and HAGL (3 - 0).

This is a very encouraging achievement for coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team. Don't forget, in last year's V.League season, SLNA lost 3 matches at Vinh Stadium in the first leg (lost to Sanna Khanh Hoa 0-1, lost to Nam Dinh 0-1 and lost to Hanoi 1-2). Obviously, the home record of the Nghe An team is very positive compared to recent seasons.

With experienced players as a solid backline, the young SLNA players played brilliantly in the match against HAGL. Photo: Duc Anh

Currently, SLNA is one of the teams with the best home record in V.League this season. According to statistics, after the 13th round - the last round of the first leg of V.League 2019, only Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Club and SLNA are the teams that have not lost any home match.

With an unbeaten record after the first leg of V.League 2019, SLNA has equaled what they did in V.League 2013, under coach Nguyen Huu Thang (won 4, drew 2 in 6 matches played at Vinh Stadium). That is, it took 5 consecutive seasons for the Nghe An team to achieve an unbeaten record at Vinh Stadium in the first leg.

Witnessing SLNA's matches at Vinh Stadium in V.League 2019, Nghe An fans believe that "Thanh Vinh's fire pan" has brought luck and confidence to the yellow team. The 1-0 victory in a 10 vs 11 situation against Thanh Hoa, or most recently the resounding 3-0 victory against HAGL, are typical examples.

Vinh Stadium had the 5th highest number of spectators in the first leg of V.League 2019. Photo courtesy

To achieve that achievement, we cannot fail to mention the role of the fans. In the last 6 matches, each match, Vinh Stadium welcomed an average of 8,667 people to watch Coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team compete (the average audience of the first leg of V.League 2019 was 7,808 people/match). A very impressive number for the "fire pan of Thanh Vinh".

It is known that Vinh Stadium is in the TOP 5 stadiums with the largest number of spectators coming to watch matches in V.League 2019, along with HAGL's Pleike Stadium (9,286 people/match), Viettel's Hang Day Stadium (9,715 people/match), Hanoi's Hang Day Stadium (11,167 people/match) and Nam Dinh's Thien Truong Stadium (12,667 people/match). In the SLNA - HAGL match (3 - 0) alone, about 14,000 people came to Vinh Stadium to cheer for the two teams (VPF data).

That's right, "Thanh Vinh fire pan" is back!