Premier League match preview: Kelantan believed to be the weaker party when Johor Darul Ta'zim II pays a visit

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Competition: Malaysia Premier League
Date: Tue 18.June
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium Sultan Mohammad IV (30000 seats)

Struggling Kelantan will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Johor Darul Ta'zim II in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Kelantan form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Kelantan, who have the most conceded goals (27) in Premier League, have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 2 losses so far from their games here at Stadium Sultan Mohammad IV. Three draws in a row here at Stadium Sultan Mohammad IV for Kelantan, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Kelantan.

Kelantan drew their last game, also a home match. Johor Darul Ta'zim II was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Preceding that game was the home draw versus UiTM that ended 0-0.

Kelantan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 8 goals in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kelantan defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Johor Darul Ta'zim II form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League, on their travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sabah game have they lost an away game, meaning Johor Darul Ta'zim II has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Kelantan in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Johor Darul Ta'zim II secured a home win against PBDKT T-Team with the score 5-0.

Johor Darul Ta'zim II are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kelantan - Johor Darul Ta'zim II 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 0 Kelantan victories, 1 draw and 1 Johor Darul Ta'zim II win. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

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Johor Darul Ta'zim II missing players

Kelantan Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
16 8 1 Played 2 8 17
2 1 0 Won 0 3 9
8 5 1 Drew 2 5 6
6 2 0 Lost 0 0 2
18 9 0 Scored 2 11 28
28 12 0 Conceded 2 7 13
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 100% 88% 94%
69% 62% 0% Over 1.5 100% 88% 88%
44% 38% 0% Over 2.5 0% 38% 41%
38% 25% 0% Over 3.5 0% 12% 12%
25% 25% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 6%
62% 62% 0% BTTS 100% 75% 53%
19% 25% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 25% 35%
31% 38% 100% Failed To Score 0% 12% 18%
 
4.2 4.7 4 Corners For (avg) 7 6.2 5.1
5 5.3 6 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 3.8 4.2
2.5 3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.5 3 2.2
1 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Johor Darul Ta'zim II have not yet lost a game away.
  • 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 more corners away than at home.

Kelantan
All Malaysia Cup Premier League Club Friendlies Super League
All Home Away
06-04-19 PL Sarawak 1 - 1 Kelantan
12-04-19 PL Kelantan 0 - 1 PDRM
20-04-19 PL Kelantan 2 - 5 Negeri Sembilan
26-04-19 PL Kelantan 2 - 1 Pulau Pinang
04-05-19 PL Kelantan 0 - 0 Sarawak
11-05-19 PL Pulau Pinang 4 - 1 Kelantan
18-05-19 PL Negeri Sembilan 3 - 1 Kelantan
25-05-19 PL PBDKT T-Team 2 - 2 Kelantan
14-06-19 PL Kelantan 0 - 0 UiTM
18-06-19 PL Kelantan 1 - 1 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
All Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-04-19 PL Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3 - 0 Negeri Sembilan
19-04-19 PL Pulau Pinang 0 - 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
26-04-19 PL Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2 - 0 Selangor United
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 13:00 UiTM

  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 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 15 8 5 2 25 11 8 5 1 2 15 5 7 3 4 0 10 6 14 29
2 UiTM 15 8 3 4 27 15 6 2 1 3 8 9 9 6 2 1 19 6 12 27
3 Sabah 13 7 4 2 21 12 7 5 1 1 14 6 6 2 3 1 7 6 9 25
4 Terengganu City II 15 6 5 4 14 17 8 4 3 1 7 4 7 2 2 3 7 13 -3 23
5 Negeri Sembilan 13 5 4 4 15 15 7 3 2 2 8 8 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 19
6 Selangor United 13 5 3 5 15 16 6 3 2 1 9 7 7 2 1 4 6 9 -1 18
7 Pulau Pinang 14 4 4 6 16 18 8 3 2 3 11 10 6 1 2 3 5 8 -2 16
8 PDRM 13 4 3 6 14 15 7 1 3 3 10 10 6 3 0 3 4 5 -1 15
9 UKM 14 3 4 7 12 18 7 1 2 4 7 11 7 2 2 3 5 7 -6 13
10 Kelantan 15 2 7 6 17 27 7 1 4 2 8 11 8 1 3 4 9 16 -10 10
11 Sarawak 14 2 4 8 14 26 6 1 2 3 5 7 8 1 2 5 9 19 -12 10

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