Kedah welcomes Perak to this second leg of the Malaysia Cup Round of 16. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Kedah form and stats
Kedah participated in Malaysia Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16 and lost against Negeri Sembilan.Kedah are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Stadium Darul Aman. 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Kedah's last game was hosting Pahang and winning 2-0.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Perak in the Malaysia Cup. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kedah home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Kedah after this match as they are travelling to Pulau Pinang for a Super League game in only four days.
The Kedah manager Zain has got the team scoring with 22 from 10 home games in the league. From these home matches, Kedah have conceded only 6 goals.
Perak form and stats
They also participated in Malaysia Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Perak's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Super League. Perak only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Perak, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus Johor Darul Ta'zim. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Johor Darul Ta'zim was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Pulau Pinang in the Super League.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Perak played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Perak's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H encounter ended Perak - Kedah 3-1, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these contenders: Kedah won five, Perak were winners in two and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Omosuyi 5 goals |  L. Tuck 5 goals |   S. Seo 5 goals |
Kedah missing players
Perak missing players
| Kedah | Perak | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 52 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 40% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10.9 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 52% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 75 | 60 |
| 2 | Selangor | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 9 | 30 | 46 |
| 3 | Kedah | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Sabah | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Pahang | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Terengganu | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 32 |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | PDRM | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Negeri Sembilan | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 21 |
| 10 | Pulau Pinang | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Perak | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -27 | 16 |
| 12 | Kelantan United | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -29 | 8 |
| 13 | Kelantan | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 47 | -54 | 8 |
| 14 | Kuching FA | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -23 | 7 |
