National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kuala Lumpur or Johor Darul Ta'zim that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Lumpur nor Johor Darul Ta'zim 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.
Kuala Lumpur form and stats
Last season their Malaysia Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Kuala Lumpur are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil. 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 11 games. This match is a Malaysia Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses in this competition. The Lumpur fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil and will expect new points from this game. Kuala Lumpur has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Kuala Lumpur travelled for their previous game, a trip to Melaka United that ended 1-1.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Melaka United that ended 1-1.Lumpur are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Lumpur are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
Johor Darul Ta'zim's mission in Malaysia Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The away performances of Johor Darul Ta'zim have been very solid so far with 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Super League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. When we have look at the Malaysia Cup statistics, we find 8W-2D-0L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Johor Darul Ta'zim as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
The supporters enjoyed Ta'zim's previous game versus Terengganu, a Malaysia Cup 3-0 win played at home. Ta'zim delivered their win in the match against Terengganu already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Before that, Ta'zim travelled to Terengganu and returned home with a draw after the Malaysia Cup game finished 1-1.The Ta'zim manager B. Mora has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 11 league matches. Ta'zim are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 5 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Lumpur wins - draws - Johor Darul Ta'zim wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Silveira da Silva 23 goals |   P. Sturmer dos Reis 9 goals | R. Morales Ramírez 5 goals |
Kuala Lumpur missing players
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
| Kuala Lumpur | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 46% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 53% | ||
| 8.4 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 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 |