National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pahang or Pulau Pinang that keep their silverware dream alive.
Pahang form and stats
Pahang participated in Malaysia Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.All-inclusive Super League statistics at home this season for Pahang are 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager D. bin Salleh led his Pahang to a defeat in the Malaysia Cup match away at Selangor United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadium Darulmakmur.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kuala Lumpur (1-3).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Pahang as they are travelling to their away game against Pulau Pinang in the Malaysia Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Pahang are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Pahang have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Pulau Pinang form and stats
Last season their Malaysia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Super League. Momentum is building for Pinang in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Pinang's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Kuala Lumpur that finished 1-1.
A loss against Selangor United was the result prior to that, in a Malaysia Cup home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Pahang in just four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Pulau Pinang are regular goalscorers on their travels. 16 goals have been conceded by Pinang in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Pahang victories, two draws and four Pulau Pinang wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Arruda da Silva 12 goals | S. Boboev 6 goals |  K. Athiu 5 goals |
Pahang missing players
Pulau Pinang missing players
| Pahang | Pulau Pinang | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 44 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 65% | 51% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Pulau Pinang | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 3 | Pahang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 |