Sabah get ready to welcome Perak for something different than the ordinary league football: The Malaysia Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
It's quite the trip for Perak when visiting Sabah as the cities are 3900 kilometers apart.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah participated in Malaysia Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Johor Darul Ta'zim.Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Sabah so far, with 31 points won from 12 matches; 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
A nice win for Sabah last time playing, versus Negeri Sembilan. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Cifuentes and de Macedo (2) scoring for the victors.
Previously, the Malaysia Cup-match at home against Kuching FA that ended 1-1. A disappointment as the team were huge pre-match favourites.
It's goals goals goals for Sabah who have scored 40 goals from 12 league home games. Sabah have conceded 19 from these games.
Perak form and stats
They also participated in Malaysia Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Perak so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Perak are looking to quickly end their 195 minutes long goal drought in the Super League.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Kuala Lumpur with 0-4 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Kuala Lumpur was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A loss, in the Malaysia Cup away at Kedah, earlier.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Perak as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. Perak have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Sabah won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Perak managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Park 7 goals |  S. Ramdani 6 goals |  S. Wilkin 6 goals |
Sabah missing players
Perak missing players
| Sabah | Perak | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 53 | 40 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Conceded | C | 21 | 53 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 44% | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 48% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.9 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 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 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 75 | 61 |
| 2 | Selangor | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 11 | 39 | 49 |
| 3 | Kedah | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Sabah | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 42 |
| 5 | Pahang | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| 6 | Terengganu | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 35 |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | PDRM | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | Negeri Sembilan | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -15 | 21 |
| 10 | Pulau Pinang | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
| 11 | Perak | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -31 | 16 |
| 12 | Kelantan United | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -32 | 11 |
| 13 | Kelantan | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 87 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 47 | -63 | 8 |
| 14 | Kuching FA | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -26 | 7 |
