Johor Darul Ta'zim have performed better than Sabah so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (40) in Super League
- Sabah have yet to win a game away.
Sabah could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super League game only four sleeps ago.
Sabah have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The season is still full of potential for Ta'zim as they can still win the whole Super League. Sabah are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
Johor Darul Ta'zim are steadily winning Super League games and points here. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
The Ta'zim goalkeeper Mohd Farizal bin Marlias is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 208 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
Ta'zim enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Melaka United's place. The match ended 1-0 with Bergson scoring.
Ahead of that match, Ta'zim won a home game hosting Perak (5-0).Goals decide football matches and Ta'zim are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. Defensively Johor Darul Ta'zim have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super League, after 0-5-3 (8 played). The last three matches for Sabah have all ended in a draw.
Sabah delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Kuala Lumpur (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Super League game.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Terengganu that ended 0-0.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sabah have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sabah - Ta'zim 1-4 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Johor Darul Ta'zim victories, one draw and two Sabah wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Silveira da Silva 17 goals |  G. Cabrera Giordano 5 goals | L. Velázquez 4 goals |
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
Sabah missing players
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 40 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 88% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 71% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 35% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 59% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 18% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 7.2 | 8.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 2 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.3 | 5.5 | 7.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 65% | 66% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 42% |
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sabah have scored away.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most clean sheets (10) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most points (19) at home in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (19) at home in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (40) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the the best goal difference (+32) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Sabah have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 32 | 42 |
| 2 | Terengganu | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Pulau Pinang | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Kedah | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Selangor | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Sabah | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | MISC | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 18 |
| 9 | Pahang | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Melaka United | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Perak | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 13 |
| 12 | UiTM | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 21 | -31 | 2 |