Vietnam vs India: How to observe, kickoff time
Date: March 4, 2025.
Kickoff time: 4:30 PM IST (6 PM Vietnam time, 7pm AWST).
Venue: Perth Rectangular Stadium.
You can watch the match stay on FanCode in India.
Vietnam vs India: The Big Picture
India and Vietnam start their 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup marketing campaign with vastly completely different expectations, regardless of neither being the outright favorite in Group C. That honour belongs to two-time Asian Cup and 2011 World Cup champions Japan, who tackle Chinese Taipei within the different fixture on this group.
While FIFA rankings might classify Vietnam as the subsequent finest staff, adopted by Chinese Taipei after which India, the group could appear nearer than it seems. However, if India are to have any hopes of constructing it out of this group, they could should make historical past of their first sport in Perth itself, beating Vietnam for the primary time in a aggressive fixture.
The finest India have managed towards their opponents is a draw, and the gulf in high quality could be even bigger as Vietnam have skilled a current rise of their standing throughout the sport. Having now certified for his or her tenth successive Asian Cup, Vietnam might be hoping to repeat their heroics from the earlier version in India. Shrugging off a COVID outbreak, they reached the quarterfinals and beat Thailand in a playoff to qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the primary time of their historical past.
India also suffered a COVID outbreak inside their squad in that version, however the hosts have been unceremoniously dumped out of the competitors after failing to take the sector of their group stage sport towards Chinese Taipei. The 2026 version might be India’s probability at righting the wrongs from that disappointment, with hopes for an out of doors shot at World Cup qualification regardless of being the weakest staff on paper.
India beat Thailand to qualify for this Asian Cup and can want a degree of efficiency if they’re to beat Vietnam — a staff that has bullied India bodily up to now, whereas additionally troubling them with their pace and trickery down the wings.
Vietnam vs India: Team News
Vietnam:
Legendary coach Mai Duc Chung, who has formed Vietnamese girls’s soccer since 1997, stepped down following Vietnam’s group stage exit on the World Cup in 2023. He returned to the fold the next 12 months and continues to take Vietnamese girls’s soccer to larger heights, though the silver medal within the 2025 SEA Games towards Philippines, with the ultimate misplaced in controversial vogue, would have harm. The 74-year-old has just a few notable absences in his 26-member squad, with Vietnam’s most-capped participant Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung retiring final 12 months. Chung additionally ignored skilled defender Chương Thị Kiều, two wanting 100 caps, whereas midfielder Nguyễn Thị Vạn suffered an damage and was unable to make it to this match in Australia.
However, Chung has included younger putting hotshot Ngọc Minh Chuyên, who is predicted to take over the mantle of Vietnamese legend Huỳnh Như (extra on her later). Chung has included loads of attacking choices as is typical of his sides, with Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã and the prolific Phạm Hải Yến anticipated to function closely alongside skilled midfielder Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy.
India:
Amelia Valverde heads India’s teaching setup on the 2026 AFC Asian Cup having taken over solely two months in the past, with former head coach Crispin Chetri, who oversaw India’s qualification alongside Priya PV, staying on withing the teaching framework. While Valverde’s CV in taking Costa Rica to World Cups is little doubt spectacular, whether or not she can have had sufficient time to imprint her type on her squad is uncertain.
India have had pretty lengthy preparatory camps, with loads of recent faces referred to as as much as the squad, with six gamers in line to make their worldwide debut in Asia’s premier competitors. A couple of regulars like Ranjana Chanu, Ratanbala Devi and Sandhiya Ranganathan have been ignored of the squad, along with skilled gamers like defensive stalwart and former captain Ashalata Devi. Sweety Devi takes cost of the defence in her absence and likewise the captain’s armband now.
The 22-year-old midfielder Aveka Singh, who got here by way of the US collegiate system and plies her commerce overseas has been referred to as up, whereas Manisha Kalyan, who now performs in Peru, joined up late with the squad. India have already suffered a little bit of misfortune, with high-energy midfielder Anju Tamang struggling an damage, and was changed within the squad by inexperienced ahead Karishma Shirvoikar.
Vietnam vs India: Key Players
Huỳnh Như:
Vietnam’s all-time top-scorer with 70 worldwide objectives, two of Như’s objectives have been instrumental in her nation’s progress to the quarterfinals of the 2022 Asian Cup. This would be the ahead’s third match (and doubtless her final Asian Cup) and the 34-year-old might be eager to log off on a excessive.
A splendidly creative footballer, Như can flip any sport with a second of trickery, coupled with glorious imaginative and prescient that brings others into the sport as effectively. However, her positional nous has seen her occupy extra goalscoring positions in current instances and she’s going to trigger India’s defence loads of issues.
Manisha Kalyan:
Perhaps Valverde’s nice hope, Manisha Kalyan’s tempo and trickery down the wings have brought on loads of big-name defenders issues, along with her purpose towards Brazil all these years in the past nonetheless remembered fondly. While Sangita Basfore grabbed the headlines in India’s win over Thailand, it was Manisha who was India’s most potent attacking risk down the left wing.
With Valverde’s aspect more likely to maintain issues compact and hit on the break, Manisha’s pace and penchant for a curled end after slicing inside are more likely to be India’s finest weapons on the Asian Cup.
Vietnam vs India: Head-to-Head
Games performed: 5
Vietnam wins: 4
India wins: 0
Draws: 1
The final time the 2 groups met was in the course of the AFC Olympic qualifiers in 2023 in Tashkent, the place India completed backside of their group. Unsurprisingly, Vietnam gained that sport by a 3-1 scoreline with Huyn Nhu (4′), Tran Thi Hai Linh (22′) and Pham Hai Yen (73′) giving their aspect a 3-0 lead earlier than Sandhiya Ranganathan (80′) scored a late comfort. Interestingly, all objectives within the sport got here from headers.
Vietnam vs India: Expected Lineups
Vietnam (3-4-3)
GK: Trần Thị Kim Thanh
CB: Lê Thị Diễm My | CB: Trần Thị Thu | CB: Lương Thị Thu Thương
RM: Trần Thị Thu CM: Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy | CM: Thái Thị Thảo | LM: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã
RW: Phạm Hải Yến | CF: Huỳnh Như | LW: Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
India (4-2-3-1)
GK: Panthoi Chanu
RB: Nirmala Devi | CB: Sweety Devi | CB: Hemam Shilky Devi | LB: Sanju Yadav
DM: Martina Thokchom | DM: Sangita Basfore
RW: Soumya Gugoloth | AM: Dangmei Grace | LW: Manisha Kalyan
CF: Pyari Xaxa
