Song Lam Nghe An shares points with Ho Chi Minh City Club at Thong Nhat Stadium

Ho Chi Minh City Club has not been in stable form recently. After 16 rounds, the Thong Nhat Stadium team has 4 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, earning 19 points and temporarily ranking 10th on the rankings. The gap between Ho Chi Minh City and the "red lantern" group is quite tight. They are only 2 and 3 points ahead of 11th and 12th place HAGL and SLNA respectively.

That also means that if they continue to have another bad result in the next match against Song Lam Nghe An, Ho Chi Minh City will fall into a spiral in the relegation race this season.

On the other side of the front line, SLNA is showing signs of revival under coach Phan Nhu Thuat. Although they have not escaped the bottom group, the impressive results in recent times are a very positive signal for the Nghe An team. In the last 5 matches, Song Lam Nghe An only lost once to Binh Duong on away field, the rest they won 3 and drew 1.

At this time, Song Lam Nghe An only has 16 points, only 3 points more than the 13th ranked team, Binh Dinh. This is certainly a position that cannot make coach Nhu Thuat's team feel secure. For Song Lam Nghe An, the encounter with Ho Chi Minh City is no different from a 6-point match. They are determined not to be allowed to stumble against this opponent.

In this match, Ho Chi Minh City suffered a loss in strength when they were without two key players, defender Manh Cuong and midfielder Edrick, due to suspension. However, they welcomed the return of goalkeeper Patrick Le Giang in goal.

Meanwhile, Song Lam Nghe An also lacked central defender Zaracho due to injury. Replacing this foreign player was young player Van Thanh. He, Van Khanh, Van Huy, and Van Cuong formed a quartet of defenders in front of goalkeeper Van Viet.

In the midfield, Khac Ngoc, Quang Vinh, and Long Vu are responsible for supporting strikers Van Luong, Olaha, and Kuku.

With the importance of the relegation race, both Ho Chi Minh City and Song Lam Nghe An entered the match very cautiously. Despite having home field advantage, due to the absence of important players, Ho Chi Minh City Club did not dare to risk raising the attacking formation.

Meanwhile, Song Lam Nghe An had more attacks with the mobility of full-backs Ho Van Cuong and Vuong Van Huy, but the Nghe An team's attacks were not sharp. Therefore, the first half was quite boring. The two teams entered the break without any goals scored.

Entering the second half, Song Lam Nghe An boldly increased the speed of attack. And the result came to the away team in the 55th minute when a tricky cross from the left wing by Vuong Van Huy made a home team defender fumble and let the ball touch his hand.

The referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot, and Olaha made no mistake, accurately kicking the free kick to open the score for Song Lam Nghe An.

However, just 14 minutes later, Song Lam Nghe An lost their advantage due to a mistake by goalkeeper Van Viet.

From a seemingly harmless cross from the home team, Song Lam Nghe An's goalkeeper failed to catch the ball, allowing midfielder Duarte Matheus to rush in and shoot close to the goal, equalizing 1-1 for Ho Chi Minh City Club.

Excited after this goal, the home team players continuously organized dangerous attacks towards Song Lam Nghe An's goal, forcing the away team's defenders to roll up their sleeves to block.

In the last 10 minutes of the match, both teams returned to the cautious playing style as in the first half. Therefore, no more goals were scored. In the end, Song Lam Nghe An shared points at Thong Nhat Stadium with the home team Ho Chi Minh City Club with a score of 1-1.