Melaka United welcomes Sabah to this second leg of the Malaysia Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It's no vacation for neither Melaka nor Sabah 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.
It's quite the trip for Sabah when visiting Melaka United as the cities are 3600 kilometers apart.
Melaka United form and stats
Last season their Malaysia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far in the Super League for Melaka United at their home stadium (Stadium Hang Jebat) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. On the other hand, in the Malaysia Cup, Melaka United has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Melaka United, who won 1-0 against Sabah.
Previous to that game, a Malaysia Cup home match hosting Kedah in a game that was won 2-0.Melaka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah's mission in Malaysia Cup last season failed in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sabah so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-6 (win-draw-lose). Total Malaysia Cup statistics for Sabah: 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Sabah, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Melaka United game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Sabah might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Melaka United proved too strong as Sabah slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadium Likas.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs MISC.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sabah as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Sabah have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Melaka and Sabah have faced each other before this season: Sabah - Melaka United 0-1. Melaka United-Sabah H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Melaka one win, Sabah two wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Nikolić 4 goals |   M. bin Yahyah 4 goals |  L. Madinda 4 goals |
Melaka United missing players
Sabah missing players
| Melaka United | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 44% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 65% | 74% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 41% | ||
| 3.7 | 2.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 |