National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pulau Pinang or Kuala Lumpur 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 Pinang and Kuala Lumpur.
Pulau Pinang form and stats
Pinang was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Malaysia Cup.5 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Pulau Pinang have to build on here at Negeri Pulau Pinang Stadium in the Super League.
Pinang's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Selangor United.
Before that, Pinang drew at home versus Terengganu.The Pulau Pinang fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Pinang have conceded 14 goals.
Kuala Lumpur form and stats
Lumpur was sent out of Malaysia Cup in the group stage last season.Kuala Lumpur have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-5-5 (11 played).
Lumpur are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Malaysia Cup against Pahang.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Johor Darul Ta'zim wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visiting Lumpur have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 11 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Kuala Lumpur in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding seven meetings): Pinang won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Kuala Lumpur got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fiveTop Goalscorers
  A. Arruda da Silva 12 goals |  P. Sturmer dos Reis 9 goals | S. Boboev 6 goals |
Pulau Pinang missing players
Kuala Lumpur missing players
| Pulau Pinang | Kuala Lumpur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | ||
| 51% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 34% | ||
| 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 |