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

Going into this match, coach Vu Hong Viet and his team are considered to have a higher chance of winning. In addition to the home field advantage, the team from Thanh Nam also possesses a quality squad with the most depth in the 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 comfortably in the number 1 position on the rankings with 42 points, 8 points more than the team right behind, MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh.

Perhaps, the V.League 2023/2024 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 football fans in the South gave to the team led by coach Vu Hong Viet. If they cannot defeat the Nghe team, the Nam Dinh Steel Blue will have a hard time avoiding an undercurrent. Obviously, the pressure on the home team at 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 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 powerful 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 had triumphed 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, and at the same time avoid the position of having to participate in the play-off./.