Comments on the match between Melbourne City women's vs Ho Chi Minh City women's, 7:00 p.m. on November 19: Hot match in the final round

VHO - Commentary on the match between Melbourne City women's vs Ho Chi Minh City women's, group stage of the Asian Women's Cup C1, facing a very strong opponent in the last round but Huynh Nhu and her teammates are in a very comfortable mood.

Melbourne City women's vs Ho Chi Minh City women's form

The 2025/26 AFC Women's Cup group stage includes 12 clubs from member countries, divided into 3 groups. The teams compete in a round robin to determine the 6 group winners, 2nd place teams and 2 third-place clubs with the best results to advance to the quarter-finals.

Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club is in Group A with Lion City Sailors (Singapore), Stallion Laguna (Philippines) and Melbourne City (Australia). All matches in this group will be held at Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City.

As expected by experts, Ho Chi Minh City women's team and Melbourne City women's team have shown their superior strength to win all 2 matches after the first 2 matches. However, in terms of ranking, Melbourne City women's team is temporarily ranked higher thanks to a significantly better goal difference (+12 compared to +3).

The top representative of Australian women's football showed their superiority when they defeated Lion City Sailors 5-0 and Stallion Laguna 7-0. The even quality of the squad, the foundation of physique, good physical strength and good technical and tactical skills help the girls from the land of kangaroos to take very strong steps on the journey to defend the title.

The encounter with a strong opponent like Melbourne City women will be an opportunity for Ho Chi Minh City women to test their skills and somewhat evaluate their own strength. Having secured their place in the next round, coach Nguyen Hong Pham and his team will enter the field with a relaxed mood but still have the determination to create a surprise.

Of course, the task of winning is really difficult. Even getting 1 point is not an easy goal to achieve. According to some internal sources, in the context of some key players being injured, it is not excluded that coach Hong Pham will create opportunities for young players to play from the beginning.

Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club determined to play a good match against a very strong opponent (Photo: VFF)

Thus, the home team's ability to create a breakthrough is even lower. However, to calculate for the long road ahead, the HCMC women's team also need to know their own strength, only truly unleashing their full potential in the upcoming knockout matches.

A defeat to the defending champions at this stage does not say much. The quarter-final ticket is already in the hands of Kim Thanh and her teammates, so let's just consider the competition with the girls from the land of kangaroos as a test and assessment of their abilities.

“We want to contribute to a good, beautiful and fair match. This is also an opportunity for the players to gain experience, especially those preparing for the SEA Games,” coach Hong Pham shared at a press conference before the final round of group stage matches.

Information on Melbourne City women's team vs Ho Chi Minh City women's team

Melbourne City Women: The ability of main striker McNamara to play is unclear.

HCMC Women: Thuy Trang and Huynh Nhu have not fully recovered from their injuries so their chances of starting are not high.

Expected lineup for Melbourne City women vs Ho Chi Minh City women

Melbourne City Women: Malena, Turner, Otto, Apostolakis, Stott, McKenna, McMahon, Davidson, Botrus, Hughes, Keane

HCMC Women: Kim Thanh, Gorman, Goodwill, Thu Thao, Bao Chau, Hoai Luong, Mason, Phan Thi Trang, Tuyet Ngan, Ouni, K'Thua

Prediction: 4-1

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