Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sabah & MISC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Malaysia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Sabah and MISC.
It's quite the trip for MISC when visiting Sabah as the cities are 3800 kilometers apart.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Malaysia Cup.Sabah have played 11 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Malaysia Cup, Sabah has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 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, 187 days ago.
Sabah's previous game was a Malaysia Cup match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Kelantan. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Sabah lost 0-3 at Johor Darul Ta'zim's place.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.
MISC form and stats
MISC's mission in Malaysia Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. Total Malaysia Cup statistics for MISC: 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses.
MISC failed to get anything from their last game, a Malaysia Cup home match vs Johor Darul Ta'zim that ended with defeat 1-2.
Ahead of that match was the Malaysia Cup away draw versus Kelantan that ended 0-0.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 11 goals have been conceded by MISC in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; MISC - Sabah 1-1. Previous eight meetings with these contenders: Sabah won two, MISC were winners in three and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. bin Yahyah 4 goals |  L. Madinda 4 goals | S. Ramdani 3 goals |
Sabah missing players
MISC missing players
| Sabah | MISC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 40% | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.7 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 38% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | MISC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Sabah | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 4 | Kelantan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 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 |