This game stars two participants dwelling in the lower section of the Super League, Kuching FA at 13th spot and Kelantan in 14th. A decent opportunity for one of the squads to better their position.
- Kuching FA have the fewest scored goals (12) in Super League
- Kelantan have the most conceded goals (61) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Kelantan when visiting Kuching FA as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
Kuching FA and Kelantan should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kuching FA form and stats
With 0 Super League wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Kuching FA are certainly not brimming with confidence. Kuching FA are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadium Negeri with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts.
Kuching FA's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Perak (placed 11th).
Heartbreak before that as Kuching lost 3-4 at Sabah's place.Goals from both teams! That has occurred in 5 league games in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kuching FA here at Stadium Negeri in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kuching are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played).
Kelantan form and stats
Playing away, Kelantan have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 9 defeats in the Super League this season. Kelantan are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eleven in a row. It's been 18 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Kuala Lumpur game.)
Kelantan might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Johor Darul Ta'zim proved too strong as Kelantan slumped to a 0-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadium Sultan Mohammad IV. Kelantan lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A 3-4 defeat away at Pulau Pinang before that.Goal fest? This club have played 13 consecutive league matches all ending with at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
There are big problems for the Kelantan defense as they have conceded 40 goals in 9 away games. When Kelantan is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Kelantan, Kelantan United, Pulau Pinang and Perak.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also encountered each other earlier on this season: Kelantan - Kuching FA 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Kuching four wins, zero draws and Kelantan two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kamara 7 goals |  A. Salleh 2 goals |  M. Mohd Zaman 2 goals |
Kuching FA missing players
Kelantan missing players
| Kuching FA | Kelantan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 34 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 40 | 61 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 89% | 81% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 89% | 75% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 10.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 26% | 15% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 39% | 45% |
| 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 16.2 | 14.4 |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
- All of Kelantan's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Kelantan have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Kelantan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kelantan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Kelantan have lost all their away matches so far.
- Kelantan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kelantan have scored at least twice as many goals away as Kuching FA have scored home.
- Kelantan have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Super League
- Kelantan have the fewest points (0) away in Super League
- Kelantan have the most conceded goals (40) away in Super League
- Kelantan have the most conceded goals (61) in Super League
- Kelantan have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Super League
- Kelantan have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Super League
- Kelantan have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Super League
- Kelantan have the the worst goal difference (-31) away in Super League
- Kelantan have the the worst goal difference (-44) in Super League
- Kelantan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kelantan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kelantan is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Kuching FA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kuching FA have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kuching FA have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League
- Kuching FA have the fewest points (2) at home in Super League
- Kuching FA have the fewest scored goals (12) in Super League
- Kuching FA have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Super League
- Kuching FA have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Super League
- Kuching FA have yet to win a game at home.
- Kuching FA haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 64 | 51 |
| 2 | Selangor | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 37 |
| 3 | Kedah | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Pahang | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Sabah | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 |
| 6 | Terengganu | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | PDRM | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 9 | Negeri Sembilan | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Pulau Pinang | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Perak | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -23 | 13 |
| 12 | Kelantan United | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -26 | 7 |
| 13 | Kuching FA | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -22 | 6 |
| 14 | Kelantan | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 40 | -44 | 4 |
