Match Report
Nam Dinh went into the game 2nd in the table on 11 points; Tampines Rovers sat 3rd on 8 — a 3-point gap. Thép Xanh Nam Định ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Against a league average of 1.71 goals per team per game, Nam Dinh ran at 2.17 scored and 1.33 conceded, Tampines Rovers at 1.83 and 1.83.
N. Kabirov took charge of the match — our records show 21 games refereed with an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Sân vận động Thiên Trường in Nam Dinh (capacity 30,000). Tampines Rovers led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Nam Dinh: Joseph Mbolimbo Mpande (80'), Caio César (57'), Lucas Alves (90') · Tampines Rovers: Amirul Adli Bin Azmi (38'), Seia Kunori (48')