Sabah have come here for an engaging battle versus the hosts Johor Darul Ta'zim. Read up on the match with this full Super League preview!
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (21) in Super League
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Sabah when visiting Johor Darul Ta'zim as the cities are 3500 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
As mentioned below, Johor Darul Ta'zim are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Super League games.
Happy days for Ta'zim in their previous game, a fixture away at Selangor (placed 4th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Johor Darul Ta'zim played a great game against Selangor and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Gama and Forestieri has scored in three matches in a row. Outstanding!
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Kelantan.There will be little rest for Ta'zim after this match as they are travelling to Perak for a Super League game in only four days.
At Tan Sri Dato' Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Darul Ta'zim has the goal stats of 7-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Sabah form and stats
Four points from two away games for Sabah, meaning one draw and one victory in the Super League so far.
Park (2), Ting, Ghazali and Lok scored in Sabah's previous match, the home game against Pulau Pinang that ended 5-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Pulau Pinang was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 1-1 draw at Pahang's stadium before that.Sabah have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The 10 latest matches featuring these opponents have all ended as Ta'zim victories. Are we destined for another one?Bergson loves to face Sabah and have scored 9 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Forestieri 5 goals |   T. Park 4 goals |  Arif Aiman Hanapi 3 goals |
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
Sabah missing players
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 1.4 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 20.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 9.6 |
| 9.8 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 4.6 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 8.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.4 |
- All of Johor Darul Ta'zim's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sabah's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have scored in all their matches so far.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most clean sheets (4) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (21) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the the best goal difference (+20) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have won all their games so far.
- 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 (5-0-0) in Super League
- Sabah have not yet lost a game.
- Sabah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sabah have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sabah have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Super League
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Last season | Sabah | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 61 | 41 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 73% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 59% | ||
| 50% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 27% | ||
| 23% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 45% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 59% | ||
| 55% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 23% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 18% | ||
| 6 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.7 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 6.3 | 9.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 44% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 53% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 15 |
| 2 | Sabah | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | Kedah | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Selangor | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Pahang | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | PDRM | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Perak | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 5 |
| 8 | Negeri Sembilan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 5 |
| 9 | Terengganu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Kelantan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Kuala Lumpur | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Kuching FA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 3 |
| 13 | Pulau Pinang | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 2 |
| 14 | Kelantan United | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
