2021
| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Than Quang Ninh | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9/15 | 5-6 |
| Nam Dinh | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6/15 | 8-7 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2018-06-17 – 2019-08-10) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-10 | Quảng Ninh | 0-0 | Thép Xanh Nam Định |
| 2019-05-11 | Thép Xanh Nam Định | 1-1 | Quảng Ninh |
| 2018-06-17 | Thép Xanh Nam Định | 1-1 | Quảng Ninh |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quảng Ninh | 3 | 12 | 19 | 1 | DLLLW | 12 | -9 |
| Thép Xanh Nam Định | 4 | 12 | 18 | 2 | LWWLL | 8 | -4 |
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 2021-04-27
19 points for Than Quang Ninh (3rd), 18 for Nam Dinh (4th): a 1-point gap. Quảng Ninh ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Than Quang Ninh 1 scored and 0.92 conceded per game, Nam Dinh 1.92 and 1.75, with the league averaging 1.15.
Sân vận động Cửa Ông in Cua Ong, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
