Match Report
8th against 4th, but level on points: Đông Á Thanh Hoá and SHB Đà Nẵng both had 3. Thanh Hoa FC ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Đông Á Thanh Hoá 2 scored and 2 conceded per game, SHB Đà Nẵng 2.5 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.47.
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 46 matches recorded and 1.5 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 (71'), Saliou Guindo (83') · SHB Đà Nẵng: Ivan Saponjic (49'), Joel López Pisano (90')
Key stats
Possession: Đông Á Thanh Hoá 47% · SHB Đà Nẵng 53% · Total shots: 12-19 · On target: 5-9 · Corners: 2-4