Latest AFF Cup 2024 rankings today: Thailand will easily lose the top spot

After a “destructive” 10-0 victory over Timor Leste in the opening match of Group A, defending AFF Cup champion Thailand monopolized the top spot in the group. However, in the second match taking place today, the Thai “war elephant” did not compete, opening up the opportunity for the Cambodian team and the Malaysian team to take first place.

Currently has 1 point, if they defeat the Singapore team (0 points) in the match taking place at 6:00 p.m. today, the Cambodian team will have 4 points, surpassing Thailand on the rankings. In the match at 8:00 p.m., the Malaysian team currently has 1 point against Group A’s weakest opponent, Timor Leste (0 points). It is likely that the Malaysian “tigers” will have a big victory, thereby temporarily taking over Thailand’s top spot.

Tomorrow (December 12), the second series of matches of Group B will take place, so the Vietnamese team still holds the top spot in the rankings with 3 points (goal difference 4/1). The Indonesian team also had 3 points but lost the goal difference compared to Vietnam (1/0) so they ranked second. Ranks 3, 4, and 5 of Group B belong to the Philippines, Myanmar, and Laos respectively without points.

According to statistics from the AFF Cup 2024 organizing committee, the Thai team dominates the top scorer race with 4 players leading with 2 goals: Ben Davis, Suphanat Mueanta, Teerasak Poeiphimai, Seksan Ratree. There are currently 11 players who have scored 1 goal, including 4 Vietnamese players: Nguyen Hai Long, Nguyen Tien Linh, Nguyen Van Toan, Nguyen Van Vi.

AFF Cup 2024 has only had 4 matches but there has been an explosion of goals with up to 20 goals (an average of 5 goals per match). The tournament also attracted audiences with up to 49,310 fans coming to the stadium (an average of 12,328 people/match).

Ranking of Group A, AFF Cup 2024 today (December 11):

Group B ranking: