On the evening of February 5, Hanoi FC visited Thien Truong Stadium of Nam Dinh Club in the early match of round 13 of LPBank V.League 2024-2025. This was also the debut match of new head coach Hoang Van Phuc since he took on the task of leading the capital team.
However, Hanoi FC is expected to face many difficulties in the upcoming match as they do not have their strongest squad. 3 players of the away team cannot play including midfielder Nguyen Hai Long, center back Nguyen Thanh Chung and midfielder Vu Dinh Hai.
Hai Long and Thanh Chung both received 3 yellow cards in previous rounds so they are suspended for the next match.
Meanwhile, midfielder Dinh Hai received a direct red card in the 0-1 loss to Hoang Anh Gia Lai in round 11 and will have to sit out the next two matches. He will be absent from the matches against Nam Dinh (round 13, early match) and Song Lam Nghe An (round 12).
With these 3 important absences, coach Hoang Van Phuc must definitely calculate carefully if he does not want to "go home empty-handed" in the team's opening match of the new year.
Currently, Hanoi FC is in 4th place with 17 points. Meanwhile, Nam Dinh is in 2nd place with 21 points. If they win, the capital team will narrow the gap with the top, but this is not an easy task for Van Quyet and his teammates.
