The league table is allowed to rest as Kedah and Johor Darul Ta'zim battle for Malaysia Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!
Kedah form and stats
Kedah was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Malaysia Cup.Kedah have performed here at Stadium Darul Aman this season with 7 wins from 11 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3. On the other hand, in the Malaysia Cup, Kedah has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Kedah lost their last game at Melaka United after a 0-2 scoreline.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Kelantan United.The manager A. bin Sahak will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Johor Darul Ta'zim in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (26 in 11 games), Kedah's attacking play is working. Kedah have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
Last season their Malaysia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Johor Darul Ta'zim have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 29 points collected from 11 Super League games. 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Malaysia Cup stats, they have 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Ta'zim as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Two travels in a row for Johor Darul Ta'zim, whose manager B. Mora could celebrate last time after the Malaysia Cup win against Kelantan. As mentioned above, Ta'zim was the only team on the pitch versus Kelantan in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Prior to that result Ta'zim won their away game at MISC in the Malaysia Cup. The scoreline was 2-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Johor Darul Ta'zim are hosting Kedah in the Malaysia Cup only four days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ta'zim are regular goalscorers on their travels. Ta'zim are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 5 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these teams: Kedah won one, Johor Darul Ta'zim triumphed in eight and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  B. Silveira da Silva 23 goals |   K. Sherman 13 goals | T. Kipré 10 goals |
Kedah missing players
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
| Kedah | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 54 | 31 | Scored | S | 23 | 44 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.1 | 4.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 65% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 53% | ||
| 5.7 | 2.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 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 |