SHB Da Nang ended a run of 6 unvictorious matches in this year’s league with a convincing 1-0 home win over 5^th-placed Quang Ninh (QN) at the Hoa Xuan Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

SHB’s player Hoang Minh Tam (in orange)

In the 8^th minute, SHB’s captain Hoang Minh Tam opened the scoring after latching on to an accurate pass from midfielder Nguyen Thanh Hai.

With their opening goal, SHB Da Nang players could relieve the heavy psychological pressure from their coach Le Huynh Duc, played actively and put the pressure on the visitors’ goal.

Meanwhile, QN players tried their efforts to create many chances to score.

In particular, in the 67^th minute, QN’s striker Rod Dyachenko would have levelled the score if his penalty kick hadn’t struck the post. 

In addition, QN’s midfielder Nguyen Hai Huy also missed a good chance to level the score in the 88^th minute.

Despite his great efforts, striker Do Merlo missed scoring chances for the home side in the last minutes of the second half.

The game finally ended at 1-0. The victory helped SHB DN raise their current points to 9 and temporarily stand in 9^th place in the league.

The other match results were:

              Becamex Binh Duong 2-2 Ha Noi

                  Hoang Anh Gia Lai 2-0 Duoc Ha Nam Dinh

                                       Viettel 0-0 Song Lam Nghe An 

                                    Sai Gon  1-0 Hai Phong

The remaining matches in this round will be between Thanh Hoa v Quang Nam at the Thanh Hoa Stadium, and Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN v Ho Chi Minh City at the 19 August Stadium this afternoon.

In the 9^th round of the league, the SHB Da Nang will play against Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN at 5.00pm on Sunday, 12 May.