Match Report
3 points for Đông Á Thanh Hoá (6th), 0 for SHB Đà Nẵng (8th): a 3-point gap. Đông Á Thanh Hoá ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 6th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Đông Á Thanh Hoá 3 scored and 2 conceded per game, SHB Đà Nẵng 2 and 3, with the league averaging 1.64.
Defeat had not touched SHB Đà Nẵng in 5 games. Over the last five, Đông Á Thanh Hoá had taken 4 of 15 points to SHB Đà Nẵng's 11.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 4 for Đông Á Thanh Hoá, 4 for SHB Đà Nẵng and 2 drawn, at 1.9 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 30% of the meetings.
Sân vận động Thanh Hóa, capacity 40,192, hosted the game. With 26 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, V. Nguyễn was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Đông Á Thanh Hoá led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Đông Á Thanh Hoá: Thanh Nam Truong (12'), Saliou Guindo (72'), Saliou Guindo (83') · SHB Đà Nẵng: Ivan Saponjic (49'), Joel López Pisano (90')
Key stats
Possession: Đông Á Thanh Hoá 52% · SHB Đà Nẵng 48% · Total shots: 10-17 · On target: 8-11 · Corners: 2-4