The visiting Johor Darul Ta'zim side are thought to be favourites at Kuching FA, as the away team have a 26 point advantage from their ten league games this season.
- Kuching FA have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (43) in Super League
Johor Darul Ta'zim have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Kuching FA and Johor Darul Ta'zim should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kuching FA form and stats
Kuching FA have collected 1 point from their Super League home games so far after 0-1-4. Kuching FA has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager bin Abu and the players.
Kuching FA faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pulau Pinang (1-2).
Ahead of that match, Kuching FA lost 0-1 at home to Pahang.Kuching have scored {2 goals} here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. When Kuching FA hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Kelantan, Kelantan United, Perak and PDRM), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a ten-match winning run which they hope continue versus Kuching FA.
561 minutes! That's how long the Johor Darul Ta'zim goalkeeper Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Ta'zim had fun at their own home (Stadium Negeri) last time out, beating Kelantan United 6-0. Forestieri (2), Velázquez and da Silva scored. As mentioned above, Johor Darul Ta'zim was the only team on the pitch versus Kelantan United in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. da Silva certainly enjoyed Johor Darul Ta'zim's last game versus Kelantan United, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-0 victory.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus PDRM at their stadium, the result 1-0.Observe that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The Johor Darul Ta'zim manager Poggio has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 20 goals in 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Forestieri 10 goals |  B. Silveira da Silva 6 goals |  Arif Aiman Hanapi 5 goals |
Kuching FA missing players
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
| Kuching FA | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 43 |
| 20 | 10 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 70% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 12.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12 | 16.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 8 | 9.8 |
| 17% | 11% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 50% | 44% |
| 12.6 | 12 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Kuching FA.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) 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 (5) away in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most clean sheets (9) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most points (15) away in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (20) away in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (43) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the the best goal difference (+20) away in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the the best goal difference (+42) 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 (6-0-0) in Super League
- Kuching FA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kuching FA have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kuching FA have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League
- Kuching FA have yet to win a game at home.
- Kuching FA 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 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 42 | 30 |
| 2 | Selangor | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Pahang | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Sabah | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | Kedah | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Pulau Pinang | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Terengganu | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Negeri Sembilan | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | PDRM | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Perak | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -11 | 9 |
| 12 | Kuching FA | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 4 |
| 13 | Kelantan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 27 | -22 | 4 |
| 14 | Kelantan United | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -16 | 2 |
