Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2nd with 35 points, Kien Giang 11th with 14, 21 apart. Recent form told a different story for Hoàng Anh Gia Lai: only 6th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Per game in the league, Kien Giang were scoring 1.2 and conceding 2.6, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1.2 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.62 goals per team per game.
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai had gone 6 games without a win.
The match was played at Sân vận động Kiên Giang (capacity 6,000). On the scoreboard, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai led 3-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-3 the final score.