The league table is allowed to rest as Sabah and Melaka United battle for Malaysia Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's quite the trip for Melaka United when visiting Sabah as the cities are 3600 kilometers apart.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Malaysia Cup.The story so far in the Super League for Sabah at their home stadium (Stadium Likas) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. On the other hand, in the Malaysia Cup, Sabah has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. All in all it has been a very rough period for Sabah who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Melaka United, 192 days ago.
Sabah's last game was hosting MISC and winning 1-0.
Previous to that game, a Malaysia Cup home match hosting Kelantan in a game that was won 2-1.The manager D. Kurniawan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Melaka United in only four days.
Sabah are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sabah defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Melaka United form and stats
Melaka was sent out of Malaysia Cup in the 8th finals last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Melaka United so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-4 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Malaysia Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Melaka had fun at their own home (Stadium Likas) last time out, beating Kedah 2-0.
A 3-3 draw at Kelantan United's stadium before that.A new game in only four days for Melaka United, the Malaysia Cup home match versus Sabah. Busy days.
Melaka have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Melaka have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Sabah victories, one draw and zero Melaka United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. bin Yahyah 4 goals |  L. Madinda 4 goals |   S. Nikolić 4 goals |
Sabah missing players
Melaka United missing players
| Sabah | Melaka United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 26 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 40% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 65% | 70% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 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 |