Comments on Hanoi Police vs. Ho Chi Minh City Club, 7:15 p.m. April 18: Continuing the momentum

Comments before the match Hanoi Police vs Ho Chi Minh City Club

From being far behind the top group, CAHN has broken away with 6 absolute points in the last 2 matches. Although still a bit shaky, it must be admitted that this team has found its attacking rhythm, has promoted the ability of the excellent factors in the squad. Thanks to that, for the first time since the beginning of the year, they have won 2 consecutive matches in the national championship (2 wins with the same score of 3-0 in November 2024).

With an ambitious name and strong force like CAHN, their winning 2 consecutive matches at LPBank V-League 1 still seems not enough. CAHN needs to win more, explode more to nurture their ambition to pursue Hanoi FC as well as Nam Dinh. And today's match against HCMC FC will give them the opportunity to continue the race.

The two teams are in two completely different positions, although they have one thing in common: they are teams with great potential and ambition. Currently, if CAHN is full of hope to conquer the Top 3, HCMC Club seems to be satisfied with a safe position at the bottom of the rankings. In recent matches, this team has shown weakness, often being pressured by opponents and if they get points, they also gain points with great difficulty.

Form, history of confrontation between Hanoi Police and Ho Chi Minh City Club

In the last 7 matches, Ho Chi Minh City Club has only won 1. Most recently, Ho Chi Minh City Club held Nam Dinh to a draw in a match where they were completely pressured. However, with excellent defense and high fighting spirit, Ho Chi Minh City Club left Thien Truong with 1 valuable point.

To achieve the same result against CAHN, perhaps HCMC FC needs more effort than that. Firstly, CAHN is in a state of high excitement while HCMC FC is in a personnel crisis in defense when both of their goalkeepers are injured.

This forced Ho Chi Minh City FC to put centre-back Adriano on the reserve goalkeeper list in the most recent match. Fortunately, they did not have to resort to this option as the only healthy goalkeeper (Manh Cuong) could play for 90 minutes, but the current situation still brings many worries to the Southern team.

Second, their away form is very weak. In the past 7 months since September 2024, this club has not won any away match. In terms of away wins this season, Ho Chi Minh City Club has only won 1, only more than SLNA (0 matches).

When the opponent is excited and has a clear purpose, perhaps Ho Chi Minh City FC will find it difficult to defend when playing away at Hang Day. The question is whether CAHN can win a match comfortably and leisurely like the recent match against HAGL?

Expected lineup Hanoi Police vs HCMC Club

CAHN: Nguyen Filip, Pendant Quang Vinh, Hugo Gomes, Viet Anh, Van Do, Quang Hai, Phan Van Duc, Thanh Long, Nguyen Van Duc, Vitao, Alan Grafite.

Ho Chi Minh City: Manh Cuong, Matheus Duarte, Thanh Thao, Manh Cuong, Adriano Schmitd, Hoang Phuc, Viet Hoang, Endrick, Vu Tin, Thanh Khoi, Van Binh.

Score prediction: Hanoi Police 2-1 HCMC Club

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Dang Lai

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