The 'nemeses' of Song Lam Nghe An
No matter how strong a team is, there is always a nemesis that makes them miserable in confrontations. So who is the nemesis of Song Lam Nghe An and who is the favorite "prey" of the Nghe An team?
Among the 13 opponents participating in V.League 2024/2025 of the Nghe team, the most favorite prey is Becamex Binh Duong and Hoang Anh Gia Lai. Both of these teams have suffered 12 defeats in the last 20 meetings.
In particular, Mr. Duc's team has never won against Song Lam Nghe An at Vinh Stadium since 2010. Of the last 6 matches, the Nghe team won 5 and lost only 1 match against the mountain town team. Therefore, it is understandable to say that Hoang Anh Gia Lai is Song Lam Nghe An's favorite "prey".
Better off than the mountain town team is Becamex Binh Duong. The team from Thu has broken the 8-year curse of not knowing the taste of victory at Vinh Stadium and 16 consecutive matches of only knowing draws and losses against the team from Nghe An.
Besides Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Becamex Binh Duong, SHB Da Nang, Quy Nhon Binh Dinh or Ho Chi Minh City Club are the "point stores" of the Nghe An team. The unbeaten rate when meeting these teams of Song Lam Nghe An is up to nearly 70%.
On the contrary, there are teams that make the Nghe An team "fearful" when facing each other. That is the Hanoi Police with a winning rate of up to 100% in recent years. In all 3 recent meetings between the 2 teams, the victory has always been on the side of the Police team.
Along with that are Hanoi Club, Dong A Thanh Hoa or The Cong Viettel. These are the teams that have caused Song Lam Nghe An to suffer a failure rate of up to 55% in recent years.
The Thanh team does not have a very strong squad but still often shows discomfort when winning 11/20 recent matches. And in both head-to-head matches in the V.League last season, Dong A Thanh Hoa were the ones to win all 3 points. The last time the Nghe team won against their neighbor was in April 2019 with a score of 1-0 at home.
Also winning 11/20 of the most recent matches with Song Lam Nghe An is Hanoi Club. The strength and stability of the capital team in recent years has caused the Nghe team to continuously suffer defeats. In this year's season, I'm afraid that Mr. Hien's team will still be a high mountain for coach Pham Anh Tuan and his team.
Surprisingly, the 2-0 victory in the final round of V.League 2023/2024 was the second victory of Song Lam Nghe An against The Cong Viettel in the last 11 matches. This victory helped the Nghe team escape spectacularly in the last season. This victory will also help coach Pham Anh Tuan's team be more confident when welcoming the army team next November.
The Nghe An team is still actively completing the final stages to prepare for the new season. Hopefully, these careful preparations will help coach Pham Anh Tuan and his team erase the bad 'curse' of this year's season./.