The league table is allowed to rest as UiTM and Sabah battle for Malaysia Cup honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
UiTM and Sabah should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
UiTM form and stats
Last season, UiTM's Malaysia Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.The story so far in the Premier League for UiTM at their home stadium (Stadium Mini UITM) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
It's back home for UiTM, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating PDRM away with the result 1-0.
Before that, UiTM had a Premier League home game versus Perak which ended with a victory 2-1.UiTM are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. UiTM have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah was sent out of Malaysia Cup in the quarter-finals last season, when Melaka United turned out to be too strong.As the visiting team in Super League matches, Sabah have produced an overall stat of 6-2-3 so far.
Sabah are travelling again after losing away to Johor Darul Ta'zim in their previous match (0-3).
Preceding that game was the away Super League victory against Pahang with the score of 2-1.Sabah find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Sabah have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these squads: UiTM won four, Sabah triumphed in five and we saw one draw. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Park 6 goals |  B. bin Bakhtiar 5 goals | M. bin Yahyah 5 goals |
UiTM missing players
Sabah missing players
| UiTM | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| 47% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 54% | ||
| 9.7 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 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 II | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 42 |
| 2 | Kelantan | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | Kuching FA | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | PBDKT T-Team | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Kelantan United | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | PDRM | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
| 7 | UiTM | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 8 | PKNS | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Perak | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -14 | 8 |
| 10 | Skuad Projek | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -23 | 8 |
| 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 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| 2 | Terengganu | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Sabah | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Pahang | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Kedah | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -9 | 27 |
| 9 | MISC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | Melaka United | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -21 | 18 |
| 11 | Selangor United | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 32 | -31 | 17 |
| 12 | Pulau Pinang | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 27 | -23 | 11 |
