HANOI (Interstat) — Hanoi FC scored in second-half stoppage time to earn a 2-1 home victory over Phu Dong in their competition match. The visiting side struck first and held the advantage into the second half, but Hanoi FC responded with an equalizer and then found the winner deep in added time. The result lifted Hanoi FC to three wins and one loss in the competition, while Phu Dong moved to one win, two losses and one draw. Both teams hold the same records across all competitions. Hanoi FC improved its overall standing with a second-half comeback, and Phu Dong was left to absorb a narrow road defeat after leading early.

Y. Sade delivered the top key performance for Hanoi FC with a 90-minute, one-goal statline, and Nguyen Le Phat posted a 90-minute, one-goal statline for Phu Dong. Phu Dong opened the scoring in the 16th minute when Nguyen Le Phat found the net. Hanoi FC trailed at that point and continued to chase the game as the first half wore on. The visitors took the one-goal lead into halftime. Hanoi FC had chances to respond before the break but could not convert, leaving the home side behind at the interval. The opening goal gave Phu Dong a lift, and the visitors defended their lead through the middle portion of the first half. Hanoi FC tried to find space in the attacking third but went into the break still trailing.

Hanoi FC was shown a yellow card in the 56th minute as the second half continued. The yellow card came before the equalizer and marked the first caution of the match. The home side kept pressing and pulled level in the 64th minute when Sade Y. scored. That goal changed the match and set up a tense closing stretch. Hanoi FC pushed for a winner, and the breakthrough arrived in the 90th minute plus two, when Hanoi FC scored to take a 2-1 lead. The late goal capped a comeback that had begun with increased pressure after the equalizer. Phu Dong, which had protected its early advantage for much of the match, could not hold on after Hanoi FC leveled.

Phu Dong entered the match after a 1-0 home loss to Ho Chi Minh, a 4-3 home win over Gia Lai and a 1-1 draw at Nam Dinh. Hanoi FC came in following a 1-0 loss at Da Nang, a 2-1 win at Cong An Ha Noi and a 1-0 home win over Bac Ninh. Hanoi FC protected its late advantage through the remaining stoppage time to close out the home win. Phu Dong could not find a response after the stoppage-time goal and finished with the away loss. The home side’s late breakthrough decided a match that had remained close after Phu Dong’s early goal.

The win gave Hanoi FC its third victory in the competition and left Phu Dong with one win from its opening four matches. Hanoi FC’s competition record and its all-competitions record both stood at three wins and one loss. Phu Dong’s competition record and its all-competitions record both stood at one win, two losses and one draw. The visitors had taken the lead early and remained ahead until the 64th minute, but Hanoi FC’s response and late goal changed the outcome. Hanoi FC finished the match with the advantage after scoring twice in the second half. The result kept Hanoi FC’s competition form on the winning side after its previous loss, while Phu Dong remained on one win in the competition.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Hanoi FC 1, Phu Dong 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Phu Dong with a 58.3 percent probability to win. Hanoi FC had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 3 went under the over/under line of 2.5.