What is the basis for believing that Vietnam will defeat UAE?

Objectively, the UAE team is rated higher than Que Ngoc Hai and his teammates. In the October FIFA rankings, coach Bert Van Marwijk's team is ranked 67th, 30 places higher than the Vietnam team. In fact, the value of the Vietnam team's squad is only 1/9 of the value of the opposing team's squad (1.6 million euros compared to 14.53 million euros).

Besides, the representative from the West Asia region is also considered the "nemesis" of our team. Through 5 meetings in the past, the Vietnam team has only enjoyed the joy of victory once, the rest are 4 "convincing" defeats. Don't forget, the UAE team is the third hero of Asian football (ranked 3rd at the 2019 Asian Cup).

UAE team won 3rd place at Asian Cup 2019.

However, in football, all numbers are for reference only. Bert Van Marwijk and his team are rated higher, but that does not mean they will definitely win against the Vietnamese team. Simply, the "golden star warriors" also have certain advantages, enough to make the UAE team leave Hanoi empty-handed.

The first advantage of the Vietnam National Team is My Dinh Stadium. According to statistics, since Coach Park Hang-seo became the captain, My Dinh Stadium has become an "unbreakable fortress" of the Vietnam National Team. Up to now, under the leadership of Mr. Park, the red team has played 5 matches at My Dinh Stadium and has achieved very impressive results (4 wins, 1 draw).

The Vietnam team is unbeaten at My Dinh Stadium.

Starting with a 0-0 draw with Afghanistan in the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers, followed by victories against Malaysia (2 matches) and the Philippines in the 2018 AFF Cup. The most recent victory of Coach Park Hang-seo and his team at My Dinh Stadium was in the match against Malaysia in the second match of Group G, 2022 World Cup qualifiers, thanks to the only goal of Nguyen Quang Hai.

In addition to the advantage of playing at home, Que Ngoc Hai and his teammates are also in better form and spirit than the UAE team. In the third match, which took place in October, while the Vietnamese team defeated the Indonesian team with a score of 3-1 right on the opponent's field, coach Bert Van Marwijk and his team were defeated by the Thai team with a score of 1-2 in the "land of the golden pagoda".

On their trip to Hanoi this time, the UAE team will not have the services of Ahmed Berman, Khalil Ibrahim and especially the main striker Ali Mabkhout, who has scored 6 goals against the Malaysian team, the Indonesian team and the Thai team. Even more serious is the situation of "not having a good meal, not having a good soup" in the UAE team at this time.

Therefore, experts and football fans in the country believe that, with the home field advantage and high form and spirit, coach Park Hang-seo and his team will win 3 full points against the visiting team UAE. There is a detail that cannot be ignored, that is, Vietnamese football is very "lucky" with teams from the West Asia region, especially under coach Park Hang-seo.