Meeting SLNA at Vinh Stadium, will Nam Dinh stay in the league?
(Baonghean.vn) - Coach Pham Hong Phu and his team will have an extremely important away match against SLNA in the final round of Group B, Phase 2 of V.League 2020.
With 2 points more than direct opponent Quang Nam, the chance of staying in the league is wide open for the home team Thien Truong. Just need to defeat SLNA, Dinh Xuan Viet and his teammates will officially be in theV.League2021 without worrying about the match at the same time between Hai Phong and Quang Nam.
Even with the goal difference of the two teams (DNH Nam Dinh -11, Quang Nam -15), the team from Thanh Nam will still successfully stay in the league if they draw.SLNAand Quang Nam beat Hai Phong with a difference of no more than 3 goals. Clearly, DNH Nam Dinh is possessing a huge advantage.
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| DNH Nam Dinh often gets good results at Vinh Stadium. Photo: Xuan Thuy |
Objectively speaking, the possibility of DNH Nam Dinh winning points in the upcoming match is not small. In addition to the reason that SLNA has run out of goals to strive for, Nam Dinh also receives support from "the voice of history". Playing at Vinh Stadium often brings luck to the team from the South.
Since returning to the V.League arena (2018), Nam Dinh has not suffered a single defeat against SLNA right at the "fire pan of Thanh Vinh". According to statistics, in both visits to SLNA, the team from Thanh Nam returned with points in hand.
In the first leg of V.League 2018, the match ended in a 1-0 victory, and in the first leg of V.League 2019, the match ended in a 0-0 draw. Especially at Vinh Stadium, the home team SLNA has not scored a single goal against the away team, despite having many good opportunities. It can be seen that not many teams can do that.Nam Dinh Enterprise.
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| The ball fight between players of the two teams in the first leg of V.League 2019. Photo: Xuan Thuy |
Also note that the play-off match in the 2018 season between DNH Nam Dinh and Hanoi B (now Hong Linh Ha Tinh) was also held at Vinh Stadium. In the end, DNH Nam Dinh was the winning team, after a series of penalty kicks full of luck. In all 3 matches at Vinh Stadium, DNH Nam Dinh did not lose and did not concede a goal.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Vinh Stadium is a "promising land" for the team from Thanh Nam, thanks to positive results in the past. Will DNH Nam Dinh get a positive result in the match taking place at 5:00 p.m. on October 31 to officially stay in the league?
