Kedah get ready to welcome Negeri Sembilan for something different than the ordinary league football: The Malaysia Cup Round of 16 leg 1 of 2.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!
Kedah form and stats
Kedah participated in Malaysia Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Johor Darul Ta'zim.5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Kedah have to build on here at Stadium Darul Aman in the Super League.
The Kedah fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadium Darul Aman: A 1-3 defeat against Terengganu.
A Super League defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Johor Darul Ta'zim.Kedah are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Kedah have conceded 15 goals.
Negeri Sembilan form and stats
Sembilan was sent out of Malaysia Cup in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Super League matches, Negeri Sembilan have produced an overall stat of 4-4-3 so far.
Negeri Sembilan lost away at Pahang (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Melaka United in the Super League.The attacking power of Negeri Sembilan when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sembilan have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Kedah victories, two draws and two Negeri Sembilan wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ngah 13 goals |  G. Almeida dos Santos 11 goals |  H. Goulon 6 goals |
Kedah missing players
Negeri Sembilan missing players
| Kedah | Negeri Sembilan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 9 | 33 | ||
| 47 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 44% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.3 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 50% | 66% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 40% | ||
| 8.5 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| 2 | Terengganu | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Sabah | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Pahang | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Kedah | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -9 | 27 |
| 9 | MISC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | Melaka United | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -21 | 18 |
| 11 | Selangor United | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 32 | -31 | 17 |
| 12 | Pulau Pinang | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 27 | -23 | 11 |
