India travel to Vietnam for a one-off friendly in the October international window hoping to curtail their worrisome form.
VIE vs IND Match Details
Date: Saturday, 12 October 2024
Time: 18:00 (ICT), 16:30 (IST)
Venue: Thiên Trường Stadium, Vietnam
VIE vs IND Match Preview
Vietnam has suffered a drastic fall from grace by carrying a terrible form for over a year and even losing to opponents they would have beaten normally. The Golden Star Warriors have collected just two wins in that time and are currently on a three-game winless streak. The 2-1 frustrating loss to Thailand in the last game was their 13th defeat while they managed to score for only the seventh time and conceded a whopping 32 goals. The team also had a disappointing Asian Cup campaign and was eliminated from the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification due to the slump. Therefore, manager Sang-sik is urging his side to prevent further misfortunes in the upcoming AFF or the Southeast Asian Championship in December this year. Vietnam will play India in a one-off friendly in the October international window as preparation for the competition. They were supposed to play a Tri-Nations series this month but Lebanon, the third team, withdrew from the contest. The host will hope to see themselves on the winning front after such a dire run having won this fixture 3-0 in the last meeting to enter the Southeast Asian Championship with momentum in hand.
Despite being early days, the transition from Igor Stimac to Manolo Marquez Roca has not bore fruit for the national team as they continue to struggle in one of their history’s worst periods. India lost their Intercontinental Cup defence as one of their disappointments in the 10-game winless run after losing 3-0 to Syria in the final game having drawn blank with lower-ranked Mauritius under the Spaniard’s watch. The Blue Tigers have only scored twice since their 1-0 win over Kuwait in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers opener, which ended miserably for them, in November last year. Suffering an eighth loss on their trip to Vietnam will mean the team will cover a year without a win. With their home fixtures no longer a fortress, the men’s national team lacks motivation having not taken an away win outside of South Asia since beating Bangladesh in Qatar in June 2021 and a non-SAFF nation Thailand in 2019. Having also lost in their last two visits to face the Golden Stars, Marquez has to pull a rabbit out of the hat to end India’s winless run.
Recent Form
VIE: LWLLL
IND: LDLDL
VIE vs IND Squads
Vietnam
Goalkeeper: Gang van Lam, Nguyen Filip, Nguyen van Viet, Tran Trung Kien
Defenders: Bui Hoang Viet Anh, Vu van Thanh, Ghap Tuan Duong, Nguyen Thanh Binh, Nguyen Thanh Chung, Pham Xuan Manh, Que Ngoc, Hai, Nguyen Phong Hong Duy
Midfielders: Nguyen Quang Hai, Le Phan Thanh Long, Nguyen Hoang Duc, Khuat van Khang, Do Hung Dung, Nguyen van Troung, To van Vu, Chau Ngoc Quang, Nguyen Thai Son
Forwards: Nguyen Dinh Bac, Nguyen van Quyet, Nguyen Tien Linh, Bui vi Hao, Nguyen van Toan, Nguyen Quoc Viet
India
Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh, Amrinder Singh, Vishal Kaith
Defenders: Nikhil Poojary, Rahul Bheke, Chinglensana, Anwar Ali, Aakash Sangwan, Subhasish Bose, Asish Rai, Mehtab Singh, Roshan Singh
Midfielders: Suresh Wangjam, Lalrinliana Hnamte, Jeakson Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Liston Colaco, Lalengmawia, Lallianzuala Chhangte
Forwards: Edmund Lalrindika, Farukh Chaudhary, Manvir Singh, Vikram Partap
VIE vs IND Team News
Veteran forward Nguyen Van Quyet, midfielder Le Pham Thanh Long, defender Bui Hoang Viet Anh, To Van Vu and Chau Ngoc Quang have returned to the squad boosting Vietnam. A lot of young blood from the U-23 level are also promoted to the senior team.
India also made several changes to the squad since their heavy loss in the Intercontinental Cup with Anirudh Thapa and Nandha Kumar Sekar not included this time. Thapa’s clubmate Sahal Abdul Samad and FC Goa’s Sandesh Jhingan miss out through fitness concerns. New faces like left-back Aakash Sangwan and midfielder Lalrinliana Hnamte have been brought in while Farukh Chaudhary returns to the national team after a while.
VIE vs IND Predicted Lineups
Vietnam
Filip Nguyen; Que Ngoc Hai, Nguyễn Thành Chung, Thanh Bình Nguyễn; Phạm Xuân Mạnh; Đỗ Hùng Dũng, Nguyễn Quang Hải, Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy; Bùi Vĩ Hào, Phan Van Duc, Nguyễn Tiến Linh
India
Gurpreet Singh; Nikhil Poojary, Rahul Bheke, Anwar Ali, Roshan Singh; Suresh Wangjam, Apuia; Lallianzuala Chhangte, Brandon Fernandes, Vikram Partap; Manvir Singh
Vietnam vs India head-to-head
Played - 3
IND won - 1
Drawn - 0
VIE won - 2
VIE vs IND Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Lallianzuala Chhangte
Vice-captain Pick: Manvir Singh, Tiến Linh
VIE vs IND Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Gurpreet (Cr - 8)
DEF: Poojary (Cr - 8), Bheke (Cr - 9), Ngoc Hai (Cr - 8.5)
MID: Hùng Dũng (Cr - 7.5), Suresh (Cr - 8), Brandon (Cr - 7), Nguyễn Quang (Cr - 8.5)
FW: Manvir (Cr - 8.5), Linh (Cr - 8.5), Chhangte (Cr - 9)
Vice-captain: Manvir Singh
Captain: Lallianzuala Chhangte
Vietnam vs India Match Prediction
Both teams are struggling for form but India’s winless run and inability to find the back of the net means they are under more pressure than the host. Having also struggled on foreign soil including a heavy defeat in this fixture last time, we expect Vietnam to edge in this meeting as well. We predict a 2-1 win for the home side.
