Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Hà Nội 4th with 46 points, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 10th with 26, 20 apart. Against a league average of 1.31 goals per team per game, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai ran at 0.92 scored and 1.42 conceded, Hà Nội at 1.85 and 1.15.
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Hà Nội, 12.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 2 for Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, 4 for Hà Nội and 2 drawn, at 2.63 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win. Recent meetings have been cagier — 1.6 goals per game across the last five against 2.63 historically.
Sân vận động Plei Cu, capacity 12,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Hà Nội led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-1.
Goal scorers
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai: Thanh Chung Nguyen (59' og), Gia Bao Tran (80'), Gabriel Conceição (90') · Hà Nội: Hêndrio Araújo (41')
Key stats
Possession: Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 36% · Hà Nội 64% · Total shots: 8-10 · On target: 7-6 · Corners: 1-8