Before the SLNA - HAGL match: Vinh Stadium is the mainstay

Traveling to Nghe An this time, coach Lee Tae-hoon and his team are rated higher than the home team in many aspects (form, strength...). While HAGL is sitting comfortably in 6th place with 17 points, SLNA is struggling in 11th place with only 12 points.

At Vinh Stadium, SLNA (yellow shirt) often gets good results against HAGL. Photo courtesy of Duc Anh

However, Nghe An football fans still have reason to believe in a victory for their team. Because, Phan Van Duc and his teammates will compete in the "fire pan of Vinh", which was a place where "it was easy to go, but difficult to return" for HAGL in the past.

According to statistics, since V.League 2003, the mountain town team has visited SLNA a total of 17 times, with extremely disappointing results: 1 win, 5 draws and 10 losses. Even in the last 5 visits to Vinh Stadium (2015 - 2019), Mr. Duc's team had to return home empty-handed.

Last season, in round 13 of V.League 2019, SLNA easily defeated their opponent from the Central Highlands with a score of 3-0, thanks to goals from Ho Tuan Tai, Nguyen Quang Tinh and Olaha. Remember, before defeating HAGL, the Nghe An team had to go through a series of 6 consecutive matches with only draws (5 matches) and losses (1 match) in V.League 2019 (from round 7 to round 12).

HAGL (red shirt) did not have impressive away results this season. Photo: VPF

Another reason to believe that Mr. Duc's team will have a hard time leaving Vinh Stadium with 3 points in hand is their rather disappointing away record. Currently, HAGL is one of 3 teams in V.League 2020 that has not won a single match on the opponent's field (along with Nam Dinh and Quang Nam), after having to leave the "holy land" Pleiku 6 times (lost 2, drew 4).

Let's wait and see if coach Ngo Quang Truong and his team can successfully take advantage of their advantage when welcoming HAGL on the afternoon of September 26?