National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's MISC or Johor Darul Ta'zim that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for MISC and Johor Darul Ta'zim.
MISC form and stats
MISC was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Malaysia Cup.MISC have played 11 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Malaysia Cup, MISC has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss.
MISC manager M. a/l Pachaiappan and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Kelantan in the Malaysia Cup.
Before that, MISC had a Malaysia Cup home game versus Kelantan which ended with a victory 3-1.There will be little rest for MISC after this match as they are travelling to Sabah for a Malaysia Cup game in only three days.
MISC have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. MISC have conceded 17 from these games.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
Ta'zim's mission in Malaysia Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Johor Darul Ta'zim so far, with 9-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Super League statistics. Total Malaysia Cup statistics for Johor Darul Ta'zim: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. In general it has been a productive period now for Ta'zim as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Sabah in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sabah at their stadium, the result 2-0.The schedule is very tough for Ta'zim now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Malaysia Cup game at Kelantan is waiting in only three days.
The Ta'zim manager B. Mora has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 11 league matches. Ta'zim's manager B. Mora has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 5 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This duo encountered each other earlier on this season: Johor Darul Ta'zim - MISC 1-0. MISC-Johor Darul Ta'zim H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: MISC two wins, Johor Darul Ta'zim seven wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Silveira da Silva 23 goals |  G. Cabrera Giordano 5 goals | L. Velázquez 4 goals |
MISC missing players
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
| MISC | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 3 | 2.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 51% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | MISC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Kelantan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 4 | Sabah | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 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 |