National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Melaka United or Kedah that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Malaysia Cup. That game was also an away game, at Kelantan United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Melaka United form and stats
Melaka was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Malaysia Cup.3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Melaka United have to build on here at Stadium Hang Jebat in the Super League. This match is a Malaysia Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
Melaka United manager Z. Hassan and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Kelantan United in the Malaysia Cup. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Previous to that game, a Malaysia Cup home match hosting Kelantan United in a game that was won 2-1.Melaka has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Kedah form and stats
Kedah was sent out of Malaysia Cup in the 8th finals last season.6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Kedah playing as the away team in the Super League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Malaysia Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Kedah play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Kelantan United.
Preceding that game was the away Malaysia Cup victory against Negeri Sembilan with the score of 3-0.Kedah has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. Kedah have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met earlier this season: Kedah - Melaka 1-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (Melaka wins - draws - Kedah wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Sherman 13 goals | T. Kipré 10 goals | B. bin Bakhtiar 7 goals |
Melaka United missing players
Kedah missing players
| Melaka United | Kedah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 24 | 54 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 71% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 61% | ||
| 3.3 | 1.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melaka United | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Kedah | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Negeri Sembilan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 4 | Kelantan United | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 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 |