The league table is allowed to rest as Kuala Lumpur and Melaka United battle for Malaysia Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kuala Lumpur form and stats
Lumpur participated in Malaysia Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.25 points is a decent return from 11 Super League games here at KLFA Stadium for Kuala Lumpur. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. On the other hand, in the Malaysia Cup, Kuala Lumpur has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. The Kuala Lumpur fans aren't used to losing league-games here at KLFA Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Lumpur has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
A nice win for Lumpur last time playing, versus Selangor. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Before that match, a Malaysia Cup win away at Selangor.Kuala Lumpur are traveling soon after this match as the Malaysia Cup match at Melaka United awaits in four days.
Kuala Lumpur are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Lumpur have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Melaka United form and stats
Melaka's mission in Malaysia Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.There's been little loot from Melaka United's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Super League. Melaka United only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws. When we have look at the Malaysia Cup statistics, we find 6W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Sabah in their previous game.
Preceding that game was the away Malaysia Cup victory against Sabah with the score of 1-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kuala Lumpur in just four days.
The visiting Melaka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Melaka have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings with these teams: Lumpur won one, Melaka United were winners in four and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  P. Sturmer dos Reis 9 goals | R. Morales Ramírez 5 goals |   S. Nikolić 4 goals |
Kuala Lumpur missing players
Melaka United missing players
| Kuala Lumpur | Melaka United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 46% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 60% | ||
| 8.1 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2 | ||
| 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 |