This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Super League game of the season. Both Johor Darul Ta'zim and Kedah are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Johor Darul Ta'zim, as the AFC Champions League home game vs Suwon Bluewings is only four days away.
Johor Darul Ta'zim could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Super League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Stadium Sultan Ibrahim they witnessed 9 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W16 - D5 - L1 from 22 games.
Kedah form and stats
It's a day of discovery for Kedah as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Kedah have played three with the results W3-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Kedah has scored 7 goals and conceded 2 times.
Let's have a look at how Kedah performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 13/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Johor Darul Ta'zim won six, Kedah won one and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() D. Gama 11 goals | G. Cabrera Giordano 9 goals | F. Rodríguez Ortega 9 goals |
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
Kedah missing players
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Kedah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Last season | Kedah | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 86% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 59% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 23% | ||
| 59% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 59% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 27% | ||
| 5% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 6.1 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 321 | 202 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 209 | ||
| 151 | 89 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 116 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FELDA United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kedah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Melaka United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MISC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Pahang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | PDRM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Perak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sabah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Selangor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Terengganu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | UiTM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 53 |
| 2 | Pahang | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Selangor | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 37 |
| 4 | Kedah | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Perak | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Melaka United | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Terengganu | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | MISC | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | PKNS | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | FELDA United | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | PKNP | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 29 | -25 | 14 |