Johor Darul Ta'zim welcomes Kedah to this second leg of the Malaysia Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It's no vacation for neither Ta'zim nor Kedah as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
Ta'zim participated in Malaysia Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Johor Darul Ta'zim so far, with 28 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. This match is a Malaysia Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition. Johor Darul Ta'zim haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Terengganu, 207 days ago.
An away draw last time out for Johor Darul Ta'zim, facing Kedah in a game that ended 0-0.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Kelantan.Johor Darul Ta'zim can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 26 times. Defensively Ta'zim have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Kedah form and stats
They also participated in Malaysia Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Super League matches, Kedah have produced an overall stat of 6-3-2 so far. When we have look at the Malaysia Cup statistics, we find 4W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
Kedah's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Johor Darul Ta'zim that finished 0-0.
Prior to that match, the Kedah manager A. bin Sahak faced defeat when travelling to Melaka United and losing 0-2.Kedah has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. Kedah have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Kedah - Ta'zim 0-0. Johor Darul Ta'zim-Kedah H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Johor Darul Ta'zim seven wins, Kedah one win, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Silveira da Silva 23 goals |   K. Sherman 13 goals | T. Kipré 10 goals |
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
Kedah missing players
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Kedah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 51 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 12 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7.2 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| 55% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 63% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 57 |
| 2 | Kedah | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Pulau Pinang | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Terengganu | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 36 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | MISC | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 24 |
| 8 | Melaka United | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Sabah | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 19 |
| 10 | Pahang | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | Perak | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -25 | 16 |
| 12 | UiTM | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -25 | 13 |