Indonesian newspaper predicts the final result of U23 Vietnam vs U23 Indonesia

(Dan Tri) - Indonesian newspapers have predicted the results of the final match of the U23 Southeast Asian tournament between U23 Vietnam and U23 Indonesia at 8:00 p.m. on July 29.

At 8pm today (July 29), U23 Vietnam will enter the final match of the U23 Southeast Asian Championship against U23 Indonesia at Bung Karno Stadium. The match is considered balanced as the two teams are considered "equally matched".

U23 Vietnam promises to enter a tense match with U23 Indonesia (Photo: VFF).

In the final match of the 2023 Southeast Asian U23 tournament, U23 Vietnam drew 0-0 with U23 Indonesia in 120 minutes of play. After that, we won against this opponent in the penalty shootout to win the championship.

Indonesian media believe in the home team’s ability to win. Bola newspaper commented: “Indonesia U23 won the ticket to the final after a brave performance against Thailand U23. Despite being behind, the team from the archipelago showed a resilient fighting spirit and commendable courage to beat their opponents with a score of 2-1.

Meanwhile, U23 Vietnam also had an impressive performance in the semi-finals when facing U23 Philippines. Despite conceding the first goal in the 36th minute, coach Kim Sang Sik and his team successfully turned the tables thanks to goals from Nguyen Dinh Bac and Nguyen Xuan Bac. The “Golden Stars” advanced to the final with a perfect record since the group stage.

This is the third consecutive time that U23 Vietnam has participated in the AFF U23 final. In the previous two tournaments (2022 and 2023), they both won the championship. Notably, in the 2023 final, U23 Vietnam defeated U23 Indonesia on penalties after a 0-0 draw in regular time.

U23 Indonesia really wants to pay back the "debt" to U23 Vietnam (Photo: Bola).

Will U23 Vietnam continue to extend their impressive streak of achievements to complete a hat-trick of AFF U23 championships? Or will U23 Indonesia successfully avenge the defeat two years ago and repeat the miracle of winning the championship like in 2019?

U23 Indonesia is in good form before the decisive match. The match with U23 Vietnam is a great source of motivation for coach Gerald Vanenburg and his team to rise to win the championship. The physical condition of Arkhan Fikri and Toni Firmansyah is still a notable factor. However, even without this duo, U23 Indonesia still played with great effort and surpassed U23 Thailand.

On the other side of the front line, U23 Vietnam also entered the final match with high confidence. They won all three matches and were led by coach Kim Sang Sik. Besides, the presence of players who have played for the national team such as Dinh Bac, Van Truong, Thai Son... promises to be an important support for the red team.

Bola newspaper predicts that U23 Indonesia will win 2-1 against U23 Vietnam.

Football5star newspaper said that the match between U23 Indonesia and U23 Vietnam promises to be extremely tense. The disadvantage of U23 Indonesia is that they have less rest than their opponents. Besides, the main scorer of U23 Indonesia, Jens Raven, is not sure to play for the team of the archipelago. This newspaper gave unfavorable statistics for U23 Indonesia when they only won 2/9 recent matches against U23 Vietnam.

Football5star is a rare Indonesian newspaper that predicts U23 Vietnam will win with a score of 1-0.

Deitik newspaper believes in a 1-0 victory for U23 Indonesia . Similarly, Tribunnews newspaper also predicts U23 Indonesia will win 1-0 against U23 Vietnam.

According to the assessment of the Be Soccer supercomputer, U23 Vietnam is still considered slightly better than U23 Indonesia. The possibility of the "Golden Star Warriors" winning is 44.3%. In which, the expected goal difference (xG) predicted for U23 Vietnam is 1.69 goals. This figure for U23 Indonesia is 32.1% chance of winning with a predicted xG difference of 1.4 goals. The possibility of the match ending in a draw in 90 minutes is 23.7%.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/bao-indonesia-du-doan-ket-qua-tran-chung-ket-u23-viet-nam-gap-u23-indonesia-20250729133903511.htm