Round 17 V.League, SLNA pushed HAGL to the bottom of the rankings?

Trung Kien• July 19, 2019 19:06

(Baonghean.vn) - After a series of 3 matches without knowing the taste of victory, Song Lam Nghe An will visit Pleiku Stadium in round 16. The Nghe team is hungry for a victory, while the home team Hoang Anh Gia Lai is in danger in the relegation race.

The last time SLNA won in V.League 2019 was the home match against HAGL. The Nghe An team won 3-0 with a convincing performance. However, the draw against SHB Da Nang, the loss at Thanh Hoa and the draw with Saigon FC caused SLNA to fall out of the top 3.

However, with 23 points, coach Nguyen Duc Thang and his team still have a great chance to take the 4th position on the rankings from Thanh Hoa, because in this round, the Thanh team has to welcome the top team Ho Chi Minh City Club.

SLNA won 3-0 in the first leg. Photo: Duc Anh

Meanwhile, HAGL with 16 points, 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses in this V.League is currently second to last in the rankings, only 3 points ahead of S. Khanh Hoa. If they continue to lose, the mountain town team will be in danger and enter a relegation battle in the near future.

Yesterday (July 18), SLNA moved to Pleiku to prepare for the match without the service of defender Tran Dinh Hoang. SLNA's right-back has received 3 yellow cards and is absent in this match. This may force SLNA's coaching staff to pull Xuan Manh back to play right-back instead of Dinh Hoang or center-back The Nhat will be used.

V.League 2019 rankings after round 16. Photo: VTC

SLNA can be confident in this match because they have the best defense in V.League with only 13 goals conceded, an efficiency of 0.8 goals/match, this number of HAGL is 1.7 goals/match. On the offensive front, the average statistics of each match SLNA only scores less than 1 goal while HAGL is 1.7 goals/match.

In the history of confrontation, SLNA and HAGL met a total of 30 times, in which SLNA won 13, drew 9 and lost 8. The performance of the Nghe team at Pleiku stadium was not very positive, losing 7, drawing 5 and winning 2.

The match between HAGL and SLNA in round 16 of V.League 2019 will take place at 5:00 p.m. on July 21 and will be broadcast live on VTV6 channel.

Phan Van Duc waits for re-examination

After a successful knee ligament surgery in Singapore, Phan Van Duc arrived at the PVF Center a week ago to practice. Currently, the SLNA midfielder is only practicing GYM and muscle training, and has not yet started rehabilitation exercises. After nearly a month after returning to Singapore for a check-up, Phan Van Duc will begin the recovery process, which is expected to last 6-7 months.