National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Johor Darul Ta'zim or MISC that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Ta'zim nor MISC 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 was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Malaysia Cup.Johor Darul Ta'zim have been outstanding at home so far in the Super League with 9 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. 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, 158 days ago.
Johor Darul Ta'zim's last game was hosting Kelantan and winning 2-0.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Kuala Lumpur.Goals decide football matches and Ta'zim are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 11 league matches. Johor Darul Ta'zim have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
MISC form and stats
They also participated in Malaysia Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of MISC playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
MISC's last game was the home draw against Sabah (1-1).
Preceding that game was the away Super League victory against Selangor with the score of 2-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting MISC as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. MISC have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the former nine meetings): Johor Darul Ta'zim won six games, one match ended with a draw and MISC got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / threeTop Goalscorers
  B. Silveira da Silva 23 goals |  G. Cabrera Giordano 5 goals | L. Velázquez 4 goals |
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
MISC missing players
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | MISC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 40% | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 54% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | ||
| 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 |