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#3 Three-way race for the golden boot
With only one game left, the race for the golden boot is finely poised with three players tied on 14 goals and surprisingly, none of the players in the run in for it feature for the teams vying for the title.
Nguy?n Anh ??c who plays for Becamex bagged a brace in the aforementioned game against Long An and he has been an integral part of Becamex’s attack throughout the season.
Without his goals, they would be seven points worse off which would have made unhealthy reading when looking over the league table but with eight of his fourteen coming in the first half of the season, it meant that they were never really in danger of getting relegated this season.
As mentioned, they travel to Khanh Hoa on the final day of the season. If it was at a normal point of the season, you’d fancy Khanh Hoa to win comfortably but with neither team having anything to play for, there’s every possibility that he could add to his tally.
Christian Amougou of Can Tho has made a real difference for the side that sit second bottom of the table this season after moving from Becamex at the start of this season.
If it wasn’t for Amougou’s goals, there would be only three points difference between them and basement side Long An meaning when they face each other this weekend, it would be a nail-biting finish to the season for all involved.
Amougou has got the easiest chance to win the golden boot if you look at things in isolation as Long An have the worst defensive record by some distance but it isn’t helped by the fact that Can Tho are terrible on the road. They’ve only taken four points on the road so far this season meaning they sit bottom of the away table, so it will be an interesting matchup, to say the least.
Errol Stevens is the focal point of Hai Phong’s forward line and is responsible for earning them an extra eleven points with his goals this season. The Jamaican hasn’t scored more than once in any game this season but he has a real fox in the box mentality and tends to get goals when Hai Phong need them the most.
He’ll be hoping to add one or more to his collection of goals this season as Hai Phong travel to Sai Gon on the closing day of the season.
None of the games that the three players are involved in have anything riding on them. So it could be a case where they all score a couple and if this weekend’s results are anything to go by, there could be goals galore yet again.
