AFC Cup match preview: Sabah versus Hougang United

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Competition: Asia AFC Cup
Competition: Thu 21.Sep
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Onikan Stadium (5000 seats)

Hougang United have traveled here for an interesting AFC Cup fight against Sabah. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

Sabah's stadium, Onikan Stadium, has a grass surface. Hougang United have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Hougang United when playing on grass; 8 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses from 24 matches. They have scored {44 goals} in these games and conceded 62.

It's quite the trip for Hougang United when visiting Sabah as the cities are 2900 kilometers apart.

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.

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Sabah form and stats

Sabah have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 31 points collected from 12 matches (10-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 4th position in the table.

The home supporters witnessed a 2-2 draw against Perak in the Malaysia Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.

Before that, Sabah had a Super League home game versus Negeri Sembilan which ended with a victory 3-1.

Sabah are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 2 and lost 0.

There will be little rest for Sabah after this match as they are travelling to Perak for a Malaysia Cup game in only four days.

It's goals goals goals for Sabah who have scored 40 goals from 12 league home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sabah defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hougang United form and stats

6 wins, 0 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Hougang United playing as the away team in the S. League this season.

There might be some fixture complaints from Hougang United as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-5 against Albirex Niigata S. Hougang United 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.

Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Tanjong Pagar in the S. League.

You'll want to know how Hougang managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 7 similar matches resulting in 3 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Singapore Cup trip to Tanjong Pagar.

Hougang United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 12 games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Hougang UnitedK. Krajček
K. Krajček
9 goals
SabahT. Park
T. Park
7 goals
SabahS. Ramdani
S. Ramdani
6 goals

Sabah missing players

Hougang United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sabah Hougang United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   12 25
13 9   Won W   6 10
5 3   Drew D   0 2
7 2   Lost L   6 13
52 39   Scored S   22 40
37 23   Conceded C   24 59
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 92%
72% 86%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 76%
44% 71%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 52%
20% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 40%
68% 86%   BTTS BTTS   58% 56%
16% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 12%
16% 0%   Failed to Score F T   33% 32%
 
4.5 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.3
3.4 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 5.4
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 11.7
4.3 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.5
48% 51%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 35%
 
9.2 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 13.9
3.7 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 5.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hougang United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hai Phong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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 21 20 1 0 82 7 10 10 0 0 40 2 11 10 1 0 42 5 75 61
2 Selangor 22 16 1 5 60 21 11 9 1 1 23 10 11 7 0 4 37 11 39 49
3 Kedah 21 14 2 5 42 25 11 8 1 2 25 9 10 6 1 3 17 16 17 44
4 Sabah 22 13 3 6 50 33 12 10 1 1 40 19 10 3 2 5 10 14 17 42
5 Pahang 20 12 4 4 35 21 9 6 2 1 15 8 11 6 2 3 20 13 14 40
6 Terengganu 21 10 5 6 39 23 10 6 2 2 15 7 11 4 3 4 24 16 16 35
7 Kuala Lumpur 21 8 7 6 38 34 10 4 4 2 19 14 11 4 3 4 19 20 4 31
8 PDRM 19 8 3 8 21 23 10 4 2 4 9 7 9 4 1 4 12 16 -2 27
9 Negeri Sembilan 21 4 9 8 26 41 10 3 4 3 15 23 11 1 5 5 11 18 -15 21
10 Pulau Pinang 21 5 4 12 25 38 11 5 2 4 19 16 10 0 2 8 6 22 -13 19
11 Perak 21 4 4 13 16 47 11 2 2 7 9 28 10 2 2 6 7 19 -31 16
12 Kelantan United 21 2 5 14 22 54 10 2 2 6 14 29 11 0 3 8 8 25 -32 11
13 Kelantan 21 2 2 17 24 87 10 2 1 7 12 40 11 0 1 10 12 47 -63 8
14 Kuching FA 20 1 4 15 15 41 11 0 3 8 6 22 9 1 1 7 9 19 -26 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 Albirex Niigata S 24 20 2 2 86 20 12 11 0 1 43 7 12 9 2 1 43 13 66 62
2 Home United 24 17 3 4 79 39 12 10 1 1 35 14 12 7 2 3 44 25 40 54
3 Tampines Rovers 24 14 6 4 47 32 12 6 3 3 24 19 12 8 3 1 23 13 15 48
4 Balestier Khalsa 24 12 0 12 60 71 12 4 0 8 27 39 12 8 0 4 33 32 -11 36
5 Geylang International 24 10 3 11 41 52 12 5 1 6 22 29 12 5 2 5 19 23 -11 33
6 Hougang United 24 9 2 13 37 57 12 3 2 7 15 33 12 6 0 6 22 24 -20 29
7 DPMM FC 24 6 5 13 39 43 12 3 2 7 23 24 12 3 3 6 16 19 -4 23
8 Tanjong Pagar 24 6 3 15 39 62 12 3 2 7 18 30 12 3 1 8 21 32 -23 21
9 Young Lions 24 1 2 21 24 76 12 1 2 9 15 35 12 0 0 12 9 41 -52 5

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Hougang United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hai Phong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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