National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kedah or Pahang that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kedah form and stats
Last season, Kedah's Malaysia Cup journey ended in the final.The story so far in the Super League for Kedah at their home stadium (Stadium Darul Aman) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. After failing to beat Terengganu here at Stadium Darul Aman, Kedah has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
A good away victory last time out for Kedah, who won 3-2 against Perak. Previous to that game, a Super League home match hosting Melaka United in a game that was won 1-0.
Goals decide football matches and Kedah are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. Kedah have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Pahang form and stats
They also participated in Malaysia Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Kedah drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Pahang lost away at Terengganu (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Perak.
Pahang find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Pahang's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Kedah wins - draws - Pahang wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Rodríguez Ortega 9 goals |   H. Goulon 8 goals | D. Nwakaeme 8 goals |
Kedah missing players
Pahang missing players
| Kedah | Pahang | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 58 | 30 | Scored | S | 18 | 55 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 76% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 227 | 85 | Total Shots | T S | 91 | 253 | ||
| 117 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 122 | ||
| 44% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| 2 | Kedah | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Terengganu | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Perak | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Selangor | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | MISC | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Pahang | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | UiTM | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Melaka United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Sabah | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 11 | FELDA United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -15 | 7 |
| 12 | PDRM | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -24 | -1 |