Ninh Binh creates big waves, the V-League championship race is breathtaking: Which team can catch up?

Newcomer Ninh Binh unexpectedly leads V-League 2025-2026 after 3 rounds. This team also becomes the driving force, forcing the remaining teams of this tournament to speed up, if they do not want to be left too far behind by Ninh Binh.

The strong locomotive named Ninh Binh

Ninh Binh FC is the only team to have won all three rounds of the V-League this season, leading the table with 9 points, 2 points more than their nearest rival. The Hoa Lu ancient capital team has also scored 10 goals, the team with the most goals so far this season. Ninh Binh has scored 2 more goals than the second-placed team in the list of teams that have scored the most goals, Hanoi Police FC (CAHN).

Ninh Binh Club shows high performance in V-League

Photo: Minh Tu

Ninh Binh's high performance forced other strong teams in the V-League to speed up, with the aim of not letting the Hoa Lu ancient capital team fall too far behind. With the group of teams aiming to win the championship including CAHN Club and Nam Dinh , they need to catch up with Ninh Binh even more.

After the first round of matches being held to a draw by The Cong Viettel, CAHN Club played with a much stronger attacking spirit in the following matches, against Ho Chi Minh City Club and Hanoi FC respectively. As a result, CAHN Club scored 7 goals in these 2 matches (they won Ho Chi Minh City Club 3-0, won Hanoi FC 4-2). As a result, CAHN Club currently has 7 points after 3 rounds, ranking second in the table.

The same goes for Nam Dinh, the team from the South stumbled in round 2, losing 1-2 to SLNA. But then, Nam Dinh tried to recover, they came back to defeat PVF-CAND 2-1 in round 3. Nam Dinh is currently ranked 4th on the rankings with 6 points, 1 point behind Ninh Binh.

Although not among the strongest candidates for the championship, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Club (HCMC Police) is not lacking in ambition to climb higher this season. The team led by coach Le Huynh Duc also just had its second victory in the 2025-2026 season, after defeating HAGL 1-0 in round 3. The HCMC Police Club is also determined to chase the newcomer Ninh Binh. With 6 points currently, the HCMC Police Club is only 1 win behind the top team from the ancient capital of Hoa Lu.

These things promise to make the next stage of V-League very attractive. There are many teams that want to keep up with Ninh Binh. The group that intends to take the top spot from Ninh Binh, in addition to the teams that openly aim for the championship such as CAHN Club, Nam Dinh, there are also teams that quietly move forward step by step such as CA TP.HCM Club.

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National teams benefit

The heated race in the V-League also helps the national teams and the national U.23 team benefit. For the top team Ninh Binh in particular, the better they play, the more the national players including Hoang Duc, Duc Chien, Chau Ngoc Quang, Pham Gia Hung, or the national U.23 players including Quoc Viet, Tran Thanh Trung who are playing for this team will benefit in terms of performance.

National players benefit from form, as their clubs compete for the top spot

Photo: HCM City Police Club

Similarly, once CAHN Club accelerates strongly to catch up with Ninh Binh in V-League, it also means that national and U.23 players currently playing for this team such as Cao Pendant Quang Vinh (national team), Nguyen Dinh Bac, Pham Ly Duc, Pham Minh Phuc (U.23 Vietnam) will get used to the high pressure in this intense race, then bring a steady mentality to play for the national teams.

The case of the players of CA TP.HCM Club including Nguyen Tien Linh, Tran Hoang Phuc (Vietnam national team), goalkeeper Nguyen Tan (U.23 Vietnam) is no different. They will be trained in a high-pressure environment in the race to the top of the V-League, so that each person will be more confident when wearing the national team jersey in the coming days.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ninh-binh-tao-song-lon-cuoc-dua-vo-dich-v-league-nghet-tho-doi-nao-duoi-kip-duoc-day-185250830170831674.htm