Nam Dinh Green Steel - Song Lam Nghe An: Mission impossible?

Entering this match, coach Vu Hong Viet and his team are the ones who are rated higher in terms of chances of winning. Besides the home field advantage, the team from Thanh Nam also owns a quality squad, with the most depth in V.League 2023/2024, with a series of stars spread across all lines.

Currently, after 21 rounds, coach Vu Hong Viet and his team are sitting comfortably in the number 1 position on the rankings with 42 points, 8 points more than the team right behind them, MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh.

Perhaps, the 2023/2024 V.League Championship Cup belonging to the team from Thanh Nam is only a matter of days. Welcoming Song Lam Nghe An is a good opportunity for Tran Nguyen Manh and his teammates to "make amends" with the home fans. The humiliating 2-4 defeat against Hai Phong in round 20, which took place on May 22 at Thien Truong Stadium by coach Vu Hong Viet and his team, made the fans of Thep Xanh Nam Dinh extremely angry and disappointed.

Therefore, defeating Song Lam Nghe An is the order that the football fans of Thanh Nam give to the team led by coach Vu Hong Viet. If they cannot defeat the Nghe team, the Blue Steel Nam Dinh will have a hard time avoiding an undercurrent. Obviously, the pressure on the home team of Thien Truong Stadium is not small.

On the other side of the front line, Song Lam Nghe An is in high spirits. Under coach Pham Anh Tuan, the Nghe An team has gone through a series of 4 unbeaten matches. Especially in the last 3 rounds, Michael Olaha and his teammates have successively defeated Khanh Hoa (2-1), MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh (2-1) and Becamex Binh Duong (1-0). Although they have to play away at Thien Truong Stadium and against a very strong opponent, the goal of coach Pham Anh Tuan and his team is nothing other than to win all 3 points.

This is not an "impossible" task for Michael Olaha and his teammates, because in the past, Song Lam Nghe An has won at Thien Truong Stadium. According to statistics, since returning to the V.League arena in the 2018 season, the team from Thanh Nam has hosted the Nghe An team a total of 6 times. The specific achievements are that the home team at Thien Truong Stadium won 4 matches (2-0 in 2019, 3-0 in 2020, 1-0 in 2021 and 1-0 in 2023), while Song Lam Nghe An won 2 matches (3-2 in 2018 and 1-0 in 2022).

Hopefully, Pham Anh Tuan and his team will leave Thien Truong Stadium with at least 1 point. Thereby, the Nghe An team will continue to extend their impressive streak, while avoiding the position of having to participate in the play-off./.