Super League preview: Can Kedah edge out victory against Selangor?

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Competition: Malaysia Super League
Competition: Wed 14.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium Darul Aman (32500 seats)

No shortage of ups and downs for these sides so far this season, holding positions near the middle of the Super League table. Here's the Kedah - Selangor latest:

Insights:
  • Kedah have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Selangor have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Super League

The visiting Selangor played their last game only four days ago, a Super League match. That game was also an away game, at Sabah. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Kedah form and stats

Kedah have performed here at Stadium Darul Aman this season with 4 wins from 7 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Kedah, as their goalkeeper Mohd Shahril bin Sa'ari has completely shut out the opponents for 186 minutes in the Super League.

Kedah enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Melaka United's place. The match ended 3-0 with Al-Mardi (2) and Amin scoring.

Ahead of that match, Kedah won a home game hosting Pulau Pinang (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kedah handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

A decent goal production from Kedah in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches.

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Selangor form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Selangor so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Selangor play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Sabah (placed 2nd). Eureka; their first win in the league after six games not winning.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Selangor are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

Selangor have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Selangor concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Selangor - Kedah 4-1 was the end result in these teams' last H2H fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kedah four wins, three draws and Selangor three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SelangorH. de Sousa Ferreira
H. de Sousa Ferreira
12 goals
KedahR. Ngah
R. Ngah
10 goals
KedahM. Al Mardi
M. Al Mardi
4 goals

Kedah missing players

Selangor missing players

Kedah Selangor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 2 7 17
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 5
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 5
6 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
23 11 4 Scored S 3 9 30
25 7 2 Conceded C 5 18 29
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
62% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 47%
38% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 47%
25% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 43% 35%
56% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 59%
31% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
19% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 29%
 
4.2 3.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 6.4 5.3
4.4 5.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 3.2
1.6 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.9 4.6 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.3 10
3.1 2.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 5.1
46% 61% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 35%
 
7.8 4.6 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.6 7.6
3.8 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Selangor's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kedah have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Selangor have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Selangor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Selangor have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Super League
  • Selangor have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Selangor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 13 3 0 44 8 8 7 1 0 29 4 8 6 2 0 15 4 36 42
2 Sabah 18 11 3 4 30 19 10 6 1 3 19 12 8 5 2 1 11 7 11 36
3 Negeri Sembilan 18 10 5 3 27 16 9 6 1 2 18 11 9 4 4 1 9 5 11 35
4 Terengganu 17 9 2 6 25 16 9 6 2 1 15 4 8 3 0 5 10 12 9 29
5 Kuala Lumpur 17 7 4 6 24 27 9 5 2 2 14 11 8 2 2 4 10 16 -3 25
6 Kedah 16 7 3 6 23 25 7 4 2 1 11 7 9 3 1 5 12 18 -2 24
7 Pahang 18 6 3 9 26 28 8 3 1 4 11 10 10 3 2 5 15 18 -2 21
8 Selangor 17 5 5 7 30 29 10 4 3 3 21 11 7 1 2 4 9 18 1 20
9 Melaka United 17 4 5 8 20 31 9 2 4 3 13 13 8 2 1 5 7 18 -11 17
10 MISC 17 3 7 7 16 27 7 2 1 4 9 13 10 1 6 3 7 14 -11 16
11 Selangor United 18 4 2 12 17 40 8 0 2 6 3 13 10 4 0 6 14 27 -23 14
12 Pulau Pinang 17 1 4 12 19 35 9 1 3 5 12 17 8 0 1 7 7 18 -16 7