| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hà Nội | 14 | L3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3/15 | 8-13 |
| Long An | 9 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9/15 | 7-4 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hà Nội | 13 | 26 | 19 | -22 | LLLLW | 13 | 0 |
| Long An | 2 | 27 | 48 | 16 | WWWWW | 1 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2008-08-24
On the table this was a mismatch: Long An (2nd, 48 pts) held a 29-point advantage over Hà Nội (13th, 19 pts). Per game in the league, Hà Nội were scoring 1 and conceding 1.85, Long An 2 and 1.41, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Hà Nội arrived off three straight defeats. Hà Nội had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Long An, 9.
