National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Negeri Sembilan or Kedah that keep their silverware dream alive.
Negeri Sembilan form and stats
Last season, Sembilan's Malaysia Cup journey ended in the group stage.Negeri Sembilan have collected 19 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-4-1. Two home wins in a row for Sembilan bring valid hopes of a third.
Happy days for Sembilan in their previous game, a Malaysia Cup match away at Kelantan United that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Melaka United (0-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sembilan as they are travelling to their away game against Kedah in the Malaysia Cup. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 10 games), Negeri Sembilan's attacking play is working. Sembilan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kedah form and stats
Kedah's mission in Malaysia Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The visitors are W6-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Kedah failed to get anything from their last game, a Malaysia Cup home match vs Melaka United that ended with defeat 1-3.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Kelantan United.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Negeri Sembilan in just four days.
Kedah are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 11 away games so far. As opposed to that, Kedah have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Sembilan 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 |
Negeri Sembilan missing players
Kedah missing players
| Negeri Sembilan | Kedah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 51 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 45% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 60% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Negeri Sembilan | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Selangor United | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 23 | 38 |
| 3 | PBDKT T-Team | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 34 |
| 5 | Kuching FA | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 | Kelantan | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 7 | Kelantan United | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | PDRM | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | PKNS | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | PKNP | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -23 | 17 |
| 11 | Skuad Projek | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 26 | -44 | 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 | 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 |