Melaka United will hope their home comforts are enough to get a result from this difficult encounter with high-flying Johor Darul Ta'zim.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals (39) in Super League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Melaka United form and stats
Melaka United have collected 9 points from their Super League home games so far after 2-3-3.
Melaka drew their last game, 1-1 away at Kuala Lumpur (placed 6th).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Terengganu in a game that was won 2-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Melaka as they are travelling to their away game against Pulau Pinang in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.
Melaka has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Johor Darul Ta'zim form and stats
The away performances of Johor Darul Ta'zim have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Super League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Melaka United.
Ta'zim won their last game, 5-0 versus Perak played at home. As mentioned above, Ta'zim was the only team on the pitch versus Perak in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Bergson certainly enjoyed Ta'zim's last game versus Perak, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-0 victory.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Selangor.Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 20 goals in 8 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Ta'zim as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Johor Darul Ta'zim - Melaka 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Melaka zero wins, one draw and Johor Darul Ta'zim seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Silveira da Silva 16 goals |  G. Cabrera Giordano 5 goals |   S. Nikolić 4 goals |
Melaka United missing players
Johor Darul Ta'zim missing players
| Melaka United | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 62% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 31% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 56% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 5.7 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11.5 | 7 | 7.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 64% | 75% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 64% | 65% |
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have not yet lost a game away.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 away matches so far.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have scored more than double the goals of Melaka United.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the fewest conceded goals (5) away 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 (9) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most points (20) 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 (39) in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the most scored goals in the first half (16) 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 (+15) away in Super League
- Johor Darul Ta'zim have the the best goal difference (+31) 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 (5-1-0)
| 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 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 31 | 39 |
| 2 | Terengganu | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Kedah | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Pulau Pinang | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | Selangor | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | MISC | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Sabah | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Melaka United | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Pahang | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Perak | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 13 |
| 12 | UiTM | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -29 | 2 |