Match Report
5 points and 1 places separated them: Viettel 1st with 9, Kuala Lumpur 2nd with 4. Kuala Lumpur City FC's recent output lagged their position: 15th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.57 goals per team per game, Viettel ran at 3.67 scored and 1 conceded, Kuala Lumpur at 1 and 0.5.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Viettel. Over the last five, Viettel had taken 12 of 15 points to Kuala Lumpur's 4.
The venue was Sân vận động Hàng Đẫy in Hanoi, with room for 12,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.