Sabah will plan to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 4 points behind Pahang.
- Sabah have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pahang have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
These teams have little in common geographically as Pahang have to travel 3800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This promises to be an engaging fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have been outstanding at home so far in the Super League with 7 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadium Likas.
The Sabah supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kuching FA and win 4-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Sabah, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Kuching FA. Fun stuff to watch! A late climax in the match against Kuching FA as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by de Macedo.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Kelantan United with a 3-0 scoreline.Lots of goals and action? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 16 latest league games with this side has seen three or more goals.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Sabah is on fire here. A stunning 29 from 8 league matches. Sabah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Pahang form and stats
Pahang's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Pahang collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Super League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Pahang goalkeeper Muhammad Zarif Irfan bin Hashimuddin is eager to challenge this, with his 246 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Pahang won their last game, 1-0 versus Selangor played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kelantan at their stadium, the result 5-0.Pahang are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sabah have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Pahang.Pahang - Sabah 1-1 was the score in these sides' last head to head game, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Sherman 9 goals | S. Brundo 8 goals |   T. Park 6 goals |
Sabah missing players
Pahang missing players
| Sabah | Pahang | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | 29 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 50% | 88% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 19% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 69% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 10.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.3 |
| 4.2 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 55% | 64% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 9.3 | 8.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.5 | 11.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 5 | 4.8 |
- All of Sabah's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Pahang have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Pahang have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pahang have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pahang have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Pahang haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sabah have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sabah 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 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 59 | 48 |
| 2 | Selangor | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 34 |
| 3 | Pahang | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Kedah | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Sabah | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Terengganu | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | PDRM | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Pulau Pinang | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Negeri Sembilan | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Perak | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -24 | 10 |
| 12 | Kelantan United | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -24 | 7 |
| 13 | Kuching FA | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -21 | 6 |
| 14 | Kelantan | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 40 | -39 | 4 |
