Song Lam Nghe An vs The Cong Viettel: While there is life, there is hope

It can be said that Song Lam Nghe An is in a precarious situation, and only a miracle can help the Nghe An team escape from this 13th position.

To achieve that, two conditions must occur. That is, Song Lam Nghe An must win against Viettel Club and Hong Linh Ha Tinh or LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai must not win.

If looking at the form and head-to-head record, Song Lam Nghe An is completely inferior to The Cong Viettel. Along with that, the inconsistent playing style and poor fighting spirit make the chance of winning of the Nghe team not too great.

Therefore, many people will ask how Song Lam Nghe An will win when they have only won 1 point in the last 3 matches (including 2 home matches against evenly matched opponents).

Perhaps it is a spiritual weapon. Because Song Lam Nghe An is suffering a great loss in terms of personnel. Most recently, the suspension of midfielder Dang Quang Tu has caused coach Pham Anh Tuan a headache in choosing the starting lineup. Therefore, only the highest fighting spirit can make up for these shortages in force.

In this match, defensive counter-attack will be the chosen style of play. Coach Pham Anh Tuan will use the 5-4-1 formation to ensure the solidity of the home field. But even when defending with a large number of players, Song Lam Nghe An did not do well. In the last 3 matches, they were the ones to concede the first goal, causing the plans to be ruined early.

This is even more difficult when the Nghe team's defense will have to face the attack that just destroyed Dong A Thanh Hoa 5-0 away. Tran Danh Trung, Nham Manh Dung or Pedro Henrique will make Nguyen Van Viet and his teammates have a tiring day at work. Hopefully, the Nghe team's defense will have high concentration to be able to keep a clean sheet in this match.

The midfield is even more worrying when The Cong Viettel owns one of the best midfields in V.League. In the context of many key players being injured, the burden in the midfield will fall on the shoulders of young midfielder Nguyen Quang Vinh. And this midfielder wearing the number 16 shirt needs a lot of support from his teammates in the confrontation with Abdumuminov Jakhongir, Nguyen Duc Chien or Nguyen Hoang Duc if he does not want to be completely outclassed.

In attack, everything will depend on Michael Olaha. The Nigerian striker still tries very hard in all matches, but the isolation makes Michael Olaha not have many opportunities to shine. Therefore, it will be very difficult to penetrate the defense of The Cong Viettel.

Especially when that defense has been playing very well recently. Coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team have only conceded 5 goals in 9 matches and all 9 of those matches were undefeated. That is enough to prove how difficult Song Lam Nghe An's mission to win is.

However, nothing is impossible, if coach Pham Anh Tuan's team can show their best fighting spirit, they still have a chance to win all 3 points in this match. Or at least this will be a good opportunity for the Nghe team to practice for the upcoming Play-off match.

Hopefully, Song Lam Nghe An will have an excellent match, thereby winning to escape the Play off ticket this season.