About Match
3 points for Thể Công-Viettel (7th), 0 for Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (14th): a 3-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Thể Công-Viettel 1 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 0.5 and 3.5, with the league averaging 1.46. Victory would move Thể Công-Viettel to 6 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai enter with three losses in a row.
6 meetings are on record — 3 won by Thể Công-Viettel, 3 by Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, 0 drawn, at 2.33 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 67%.
Sân vận động Hàng Đẫy in Hanoi stages the fixture, a ground that holds 22,500.