* BEFORE MATCH COMMENTARY
Doan Van Hau and the Hanoi Police team are ranked third on the V-League 2023 rankings with 14 points. Meanwhile, the Nghe team is ranked 10th with 9 points. As a rookie team in the V-League, the Hanoi Police are ambitious and have partly shown their ability while SLNA has been fighting in the V-League for many years, but is playing quite erratic.
In terms of performance, the Hanoi Police team is more impressive when they are unbeaten in the last 5 matches and aim to win against the opponent to keep their impressive track record and compete in the top group of the rankings.
SLNA, after an impressive victory over HAGL in round 7, just had a rather lackluster draw against Ha Tinh club. Despite the departure of many talents, the Nghe team still has many outstanding faces. In addition, they also have a nasty style of play, ready to trip any opponent. However, the problem of this team is the fluctuating performance of the players.
Flavio Cruz's teachers and students (Hanoi Police team) aim to win at home, but coach Nguyen Huy Hoang also expects the SLNA players to play hard for the colors of the flag to get a good performance on the field.
Expected lineups of the two teams:
Hanoi Police: Le Giang, Van Hau, Gustavo Henrique, Jhon Cley, Trong Long, Xuan Nam, Van Thanh, Tien Dung, Ngoc Duc, Tan Tai, Tan Sinh.
SLNA: Van Hoang, Ngoc Hai, Vytas Gasputis, Ba Sang, Dinh Hoang, Xuan Tien, Olaha Michael, Xuan Manh, Van Cuong, Trong Hoang, Soladio.