Kuching FA get ready to welcome Sabah for something different than the ordinary league football: The Malaysia Cup Round of 16 leg 1 of 2.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sabah, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Kuching FA form and stats
Kuching FA was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Malaysia Cup. Sabah was too strong.Kuching FA's results here at Stadium Negeri in the Super League have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Kuching FA played out an unexpected loss 0-1 against Kedah in their previous match, also played in front of their own fans.
Before that, Kuching drew at home versus Kelantan.There will be little rest for Kuching FA after this match as they are travelling to PDRM for a Super League game in only four days.
Kuching aren't scoring a lot here at Stadium Negeri in the league, with only {6 goals} from 10 games.
Sabah form and stats
They also participated in Malaysia Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Johor Darul Ta'zim drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W3-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
It's the second away game in a row for Sabah, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Pulau Pinang last time out.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Selangor wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Johor Darul Ta'zim in just four days.
Sabah have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sabah have not lost in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Kuching.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kamara 9 goals |   T. Park 6 goals |  S. Ramdani 6 goals |
Kuching FA missing players
Sabah missing players
| Kuching FA | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Scored | S | 12 | 49 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4 | ||
| 27% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 49% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 66 | 54 |
| 2 | Selangor | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Kedah | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Pahang | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Sabah | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 36 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Terengganu | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 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 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Pulau Pinang | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Perak | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -24 | 13 |
| 12 | Kelantan United | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -26 | 8 |
| 13 | Kuching FA | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -23 | 7 |
| 14 | Kelantan | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 47 | -48 | 5 |
