It's match two of the Super League campaign and all to play for. Read our complete preview of Kuala Lumpur-Johor Darul Ta'zim!
These are hectic days for the hosts, as they played only four days ago in the Super League. This match was also played here at KLFA Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Johor Darul Ta'zim have had more rest.
Kuala Lumpur form and stats
The previous season, Kuala Lumpur's league statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, leading to 6th position in the Super League. From these 22 matches they scored {30 goals} and let in 31. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Kuala Lumpur delivered 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 13 conceded. The first Super League game here at KLFA Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Kuala Lumpur's home game statistics were 6 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 11 games.
The spoils were shared in Kuala Lumpur's previous game, also at home. Visiting Pulau Pinang (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. A disappointing finish for Kuala Lumpur in their match versus Pulau Pinang as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Terengganu in the Malaysia Cup.
Lumpur are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Terengganu awaits in four days.
At KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
Let's have a look at how Johor Darul Ta'zim performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 61 and conceded {12 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 0 with 20/7 goals scored/conceded.
The Johor Darul Ta'zim goalkeeper Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The club members enjoyed Johor Darul Ta'zim's previous fixture versus Terengganu (placed 12th), a 2-0 win played at home.
A home victory as predicted against Selangor ahead of that, in the Malaysia Cup.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kuala Lumpur two wins, one draw and Johor Darul Ta'zim seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Sturmer dos Reis 2 goals |   J. Muñiz Gallego 1 goals |  B. Silveira da Silva 1 goals |
Kuala Lumpur missing players
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
| Kuala Lumpur | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kuala Lumpur | Last season | Johor Darul Ta'zim | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 61 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 82% | ||
| 55% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 73% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 50% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | ||
| 45% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 45% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 55% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 5% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 44% | ||
| 8.7 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sabah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Kedah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Kuching FA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Selangor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Pulau Pinang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Pahang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Negeri Sembilan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kelantan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Kelantan United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Terengganu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Perak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | PDRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| 2 | Terengganu | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Sabah | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Pahang | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Kedah | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -9 | 27 |
| 9 | MISC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | Melaka United | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -21 | 18 |
| 11 | Selangor United | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 32 | -31 | 17 |
| 12 | Pulau Pinang | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 27 | -23 | 11 |
