Evenly matched teams: Johor Darul Ta'zim II vs Sabah match preview

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Competition: Malaysia Premier League
Date: Fri 05.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium (20000 seats)

A key match in Premier League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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 Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Sabah.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Johor Darul Ta'zim II form and stats

Johor Darul Ta'zim II are steadily winning games and points here at Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium. 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 11 games.

Johor Darul Ta'zim II's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Sabah. Before that, Johor Darul Ta'zim II had a home game versus UiTM which ended with a victory 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Johor Darul Ta'zim II have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

The Johor Darul Ta'zim II fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 matches. Johor Darul Ta'zim II are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.

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Sabah form and stats

As the visiting team Sabah have produced an overall stat of 4-3-1 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Sabah hope to make it five in this match. Momentum is building for Sabah in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

It's the second away game in a row for Sabah, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Johor Darul Ta'zim II in the Premier League last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Sarawak.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sabah playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were 1 Sabah win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Sabah have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, 8 away games. It's not easy to score on Sabah as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Sabah have met before this season: Johor Darul Ta'zim II - Sabah 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Johor Darul Ta'zim II 4 wins, 4 draws and Sabah 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

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Johor Darul Ta'zim II missing players

Sabah missing players

Johor Darul Ta'zim II Sabah
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
19 11 2 Played 0 8 17
10 7 2 Won 0 4 11
6 1 0 Drew 0 3 4
3 3 0 Lost 0 1 2
30 19 7 Scored 0 10 29
14 7 0 Conceded 0 7 14
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 75% 88%
84% 82% 100% Over 1.5 0% 50% 65%
37% 36% 50% Over 2.5 0% 50% 53%
11% 9% 50% Over 3.5 0% 12% 29%
5% 9% 50% Over 4.5 0% 12% 12%
47% 27% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 59%
37% 45% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 41%
21% 27% 0% Failed To Score 0% 25% 12%
 
4.7 3.8 3.5 Corners For (avg) 0 4.4 5.6
4.1 4.2 5 Corners Against (avg) 0 3.2 4.1
2.1 1.6 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Johor Darul Ta'zim II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Johor Darul Ta'zim II have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Johor Darul Ta'zim II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sabah have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Johor Darul Ta'zim II
03-05-19 PL Johor Darul Ta'zim II 0 - 1 PDRM
12-05-19 PL Selangor United 2 - 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
18-05-19 PL Johor Darul Ta'zim II 0 - 2 Pulau Pinang
25-05-19 PL Sarawak 1 - 1 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
14-06-19 PL Johor Darul Ta'zim II 5 - 0 PBDKT T-Team
18-06-19 PL Kelantan 1 - 1 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
25-06-19 PL Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2 - 0 UiTM
05-07-19 PL Johor Darul Ta'zim II 0 - 1 Sabah
09-07-19 PL Negeri Sembilan 13:00 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
12-07-19 PL UKM 13:00 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Sabah
20-04-19 PL Sabah 3 - 1 UKM
04-05-19 PL Sabah 1 - 0 Selangor United
17-05-19 PL UKM 0 - 1 Sabah
25-05-19 PL Pulau Pinang 0 - 0 Sabah
15-06-19 PL Sabah 1 - 0 Negeri Sembilan
19-06-19 PL PDRM 1 - 2 Sabah
26-06-19 PL Sabah 4 - 1 Sarawak
05-07-19 PL Johor Darul Ta'zim II 0 - 1 Sabah
09-07-19 PL UiTM 13:00 Sabah
13-07-19 PL Sabah 12:15 Kelantan

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sabah 17 11 4 2 29 14 9 7 1 1 19 7 8 4 3 1 10 7 15 37
2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 19 10 6 3 30 14 11 7 1 3 19 7 8 3 5 0 11 7 16 36
3 UiTM 18 8 4 6 30 23 8 2 2 4 11 15 10 6 2 2 19 8 7 28
4 PBDKT T-Team 16 7 5 4 18 19 8 4 3 1 7 4 8 3 2 3 11 15 -1 26
5 Pulau Pinang 17 6 5 6 24 23 9 4 2 3 13 11 8 2 3 3 11 12 1 23
6 Negeri Sembilan 16 6 4 6 19 18 8 4 2 2 11 8 8 2 2 4 8 10 1 22
7 PDRM 16 6 3 7 21 21 8 1 3 4 11 12 8 5 0 3 10 9 0 21
8 UKM 18 5 4 9 21 27 10 2 2 6 13 19 8 3 2 3 8 8 -6 19
9 Selangor United 17 5 3 9 18 27 8 3 2 3 12 13 9 2 1 6 6 14 -9 18
10 Kelantan 17 3 8 6 20 28 9 2 5 2 11 12 8 1 3 4 9 16 -8 17
11 Sarawak 16 2 4 10 16 33 7 1 2 4 6 10 9 1 2 6 10 23 -17 10
12 Perlis 3 1 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 5 4 1 3