National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pahang or Kuala Lumpur that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Pahang nor Kuala Lumpur 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.
Pahang form and stats
Pahang participated in Malaysia Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.3-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Pahang so far this season. This match is a Malaysia Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition.
The Pahang fans got no joy from their last match, a Malaysia Cup game also here at Stadium Darulmakmur: A 1-2 defeat against Selangor United. Heartbreak for Pahang in their last match as Selangor United's A. Rahim scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
In the game before, an away victory in the Malaysia Cup match versus Pulau Pinang with a 5-0 scoreline.Pahang are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. 15 goals have been conceded.
Kuala Lumpur form and stats
Last season their Malaysia Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Kuala Lumpur have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-5-5 (11 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Malaysia Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Lumpur go into this game after a win, the home game against Pulau Pinang that ended 1-0.
Ahead of that match was the Malaysia Cup away draw versus Selangor United that ended 2-2.Kuala Lumpur have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Kuala Lumpur have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H match ended Kuala Lumpur - Pahang 3-1, earlier this season. Statistics for the last ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Pahang, two draws and four wins for Kuala Lumpur. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Sturmer dos Reis 9 goals |  K. Athiu 5 goals | R. Morales Ramírez 5 goals |
Pahang missing players
Kuala Lumpur missing players
| Pahang | Kuala Lumpur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 47% | ||
| 9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | Selangor United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Pahang | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Pulau Pinang | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -12 | 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 |