Match details. V-League 1, Regular Season - 3. Kick-off is Sat 10 Oct, 11:00 Lagos time. It is played at Pleiku Stadium.
What's at stake. Hoang Anh Gia Lai are 13th on 0 points after 2 games, level on points with Ha Noi, level on points with Bình Phước. A win would take them above Ha Noi. SHB Da Nang are 5th on 3 points after 2 games, 3 points behind Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh, level on points with Nam Dinh. A win would take them level on points with Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh.
Form. Hoang Anh Gia Lai have won two, drawn two and lost six of their last ten, 0.8 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L L L W. In this competition Hoang Anh Gia Lai have gone L L L W D L. SHB Da Nang have won four, drawn three and lost three of their last ten, 1.5 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L W D W. In this competition SHB Da Nang have gone W L W D W D.
The numbers. Hoang Anh Gia Lai score 1.2 and concede 1.8 a game in their last six at home, with one clean sheet and two games without a goal. Hoang Anh Gia Lai average 7.1 shots (3.1 on target), 3.6 corners and 1.6 cards a game. SHB Da Nang score two and concede 1.2 a game over their last ten, with five clean sheets. SHB Da Nang average 4.8 shots (2.4 on target), 2.2 corners and 2.6 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last nine meetings Hoang Anh Gia Lai have won four, drawn five and lost none. Two of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in four. In the last four, Hoang Anh Gia Lai won one and three were drawn. The last time they met, on 13 Mar 2026, it finished Hoang Anh Gia Lai 3-3 SHB Da Nang.
Where it pulls both ways. SHB Da Nang are the form side, but the meetings favour Hoang Anh Gia Lai: in the last nine meetings, Hoang Anh Gia Lai won four and five were drawn. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 56%; seven of the last nine meetings went under 2.5, and the meetings settle it.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their goals for and against point to an open game. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 56%.
The read. No side to back. A tight game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Seven of the last nine meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: Hoang Anh Gia Lai 1-1 SHB Da Nang (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).