Thailand U23 and Malaysia U23 get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualification Regular Season fixture.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Thailand U23 form and stats
Thailand U23 participated in AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualification the last season, where they reached the regular season.Thailand are returning here after visiting Bangladesh U23 in a AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualification fixture and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
A win at home ahead of that match, as expected. The team were huge favourites against Philippines U23 and won 5-0.
Malaysia U23 form and stats
Last season their AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualification adventure ended in the regular season.Two away matches in a row for Malaysia U23, whose boss Maloney could celebrate last time after the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualification win against Philippines U23.
A home victory as predicted against Bangladesh U23 ahead of that, in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualification.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Thailand wins - draws - Malaysia U23 wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Thailand U23 missing players
Malaysia U23 missing players
| Thailand U23 | Malaysia U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 12.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 38% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Thailand U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Malaysia U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Bangladesh U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 4 | Philippines U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 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 | Thailand U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Malaysia U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Bangladesh U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| 4 | Philippines U23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
