Melaka United believe to fill the stadium for this fixture despite that the season has been difficult so far with 17 points and a 9th spot in the Super League table. Visiting Kedah own 7th place with 21 pts.
- Melaka United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Kedah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Melaka United form and stats
2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Melaka United so far this season.
Adriano was the last player to score a league goal for Melaka United and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Melaka United haven't scored in 219 minutes.
Melaka faced defeat in their previous match, away at Terengganu (0-5). Melaka United were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Heartbreak before that as Melaka United lost 0-4 at Johor Darul Ta'zim's place.Goal party? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league games with this club has seen three goals or more.
Melaka United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadium Hang Jebat with 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Melaka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Kedah form and stats
There's been little loot from Kedah's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Super League. Kedah only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Impressive finishing from Ngah secured the home win 1-0 against Pulau Pinang in their previous game. That victory felt nice as this team had gone three league matches without winning.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sabah.Kedah have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Kedah have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Kedah - Melaka 2-3 was the story when this pair of participants previously played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Melaka United wins - draws - Kedah wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ngah 10 goals |  I. Omosuyi 7 goals | E. Oti Essigba 4 goals |
Melaka United missing players
Kedah missing players
| Melaka United | Kedah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 28 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 25 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 73% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 60% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 40% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 60% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 27% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 7.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8 | 6.4 |
| 2.7 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 47% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 32% | 43% |
| 7.5 | 7.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 10.4 | 7.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
- Kedah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kedah haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Melaka United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Negeri Sembilan | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 32 |
| 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 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 6 | Pahang | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Kedah | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Selangor | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Melaka United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 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 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -22 | 14 |
| 12 | Pulau Pinang | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 7 |
