On the evening of August 27, within the framework of round 3 of V.League 2025-2026, Da Nang club welcomed Ninh Binh at Hoa Xuan Stadium. Despite scoring an early opening goal, the home team still suffered a 1-3 defeat to their opponent.
In the 12th minute, David Boris helped Da Nang take the lead after a skillful drop shot and an accurate shot. The early advantage made Hoa Xuan audience more excited. However, Ninh Binh quickly regained control of the game and created many dangerous attacks.
In the 28th minute, Gustavo took advantage of Daniel's head pass to equalize 1-1. Just 5 minutes later, this striker continued to shine with a powerful header from Hoang Duc's corner kick, putting Ninh Binh ahead 2-1.
Entering the second half, Da Nang pressed strongly to find an equalizer, but the home team's strikers continuously missed opportunities. In the 65th minute, Geovane finished accurately diagonally after Hoang Duc's pass, sealing a 3-1 victory for Ninh Binh.
In the final minutes, Da Nang continued to attack but could not penetrate the visitors' solid defense. Goalkeeper Van Lam and his teammates on the Ninh Binh side played focused, maintaining the gap until the end of the match.
With this result, Ninh Binh won all 3 points away from home, continuing to maintain the top position in the rankings with 9 absolute points after 3 matches. Meanwhile, Da Nang has not been able to take advantage of the home field advantage, accepting to be left empty-handed after the 3rd round.
In the remaining matches of round 3 on August 27, Hai Phong had a convincing 2-0 victory over Song Lam Nghe An, Nam Dinh won PVF-CAND 2-1.
Meanwhile, Thanh Hoa continued their disappointing streak since the beginning of the season when they had a third consecutive match without a win after losing to Hong Linh Ha Tinh with a score of 0-1. The Thanh team is at the bottom of the rankings with only 1 point after 3 matches.
