National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Johor Darul Ta'zim or Kuala Lumpur that keep their silverware dream alive.
This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
8-0-0 is the performance here so far in the Super League, giving Johor Darul Ta'zim a total of 24 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed not having conceded a league goal in 216 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Johor Darul Ta'zim, who won 5-0 against Kelantan. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Johor Darul Ta'zim played a great game against Kelantan and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Negeri Sembilan.With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Ta'zim is on fire here. A stunning 33 from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Johor Darul Ta'zim have only let in {2 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Kuala Lumpur form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Kuala Lumpur playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
Kuala Lumpur delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Negeri Sembilan in their previous match.
A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Terengganu in the Super League.Kuala Lumpur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Lumpur's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent meetings involving these two teams have all finished as Johor Darul Ta'zim victories. Another one?Top Goalscorers
  F. Forestieri 17 goals |  B. Silveira da Silva 10 goals |  D. Gama 7 goals |
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
Kuala Lumpur missing players
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Kuala Lumpur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 91 | 56 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 14.8 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.4 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 51% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 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 | 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 |
