Super League match guide and stats: Melaka United fight Perak

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Competition: Malaysia Super League
Competition: Fri 03.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium Hang Jebat (18000 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Melaka United in this game against Perak, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Perak have the most conceded goals (42) in Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Relegation threatens Melaka United who should definitely be looking for some points here. Perak are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Melaka United form and stats

Melaka United's struggle is real here at Stadium Hang Jebat with only 10 points collected from 10 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4.

Melaka shared the glory with Selangor in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that, Melaka United drew at home versus UiTM.

Melaka has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Perak form and stats

There's been little loot from Perak's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Super League. Perak only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. Bitter travels for Perak as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the MISC match.

N. Poku was the last player to score for the away team. Perak haven't scored a league goal in the last 302 minutes.

Perak play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Kedah (placed 2nd).

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Selangor.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Perak as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Perak, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Perak - Melaka 0-1. Melaka-Perak H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Melaka United four wins, Perak two wins, two draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Melaka UnitedS. Nikolić
S. Nikolić
4 goals
PerakR. da Costa Morais
R. da Costa Morais
4 goals
PerakN. Poku
N. Poku
3 goals

Melaka United missing players

Perak missing players

Melaka United Perak
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 3
9 4 3 Drew D 0 0 4
7 4 0 Lost L 3 8 13
22 10 1 Scored S 2 6 17
26 12 1 Conceded C 8 23 42
90% 80% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 55%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 35%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
65% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 30% 40%
25% 30% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
20% 30% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 50%
 
5.4 5.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.5 3.6
3.4 3.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 5
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3.9 2.4 2 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.3 7.2
1.7 1.4 0.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 1.6 2.5
64% 71% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 36%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Perak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Perak have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Perak have the most conceded goals (23) away in Super League
  • Perak have the most conceded goals (42) in Super League
  • Perak have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Super League
  • Perak have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Super League
  • Perak have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Perak haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 20 16 3 1 47 8 10 8 1 1 24 3 10 8 2 0 23 5 39 51
2 Kedah 18 12 2 4 34 20 9 6 0 3 19 12 9 6 2 1 15 8 14 38
3 Terengganu 20 11 4 5 31 17 10 5 3 2 17 8 10 6 1 3 14 9 14 37
4 Pulau Pinang 20 11 4 5 33 27 10 5 3 2 13 12 10 6 1 3 20 15 6 37
5 Selangor 20 9 6 5 38 28 10 3 3 4 15 15 10 6 3 1 23 13 10 33
6 Kuala Lumpur 20 7 9 4 24 17 10 6 4 0 14 5 10 1 5 4 10 12 7 30
7 Sabah 20 4 7 9 20 30 10 4 2 4 15 15 10 0 5 5 5 15 -10 19
8 Melaka United 20 4 9 7 22 26 10 2 4 4 10 12 10 2 5 3 12 14 -4 18
9 MISC 20 4 6 10 13 27 10 2 3 5 9 17 10 2 3 5 4 10 -14 18
10 Pahang 19 4 5 10 20 32 9 3 3 3 12 11 10 1 2 7 8 21 -12 17
11 Perak 20 3 4 13 17 42 10 1 4 5 11 19 10 2 0 8 6 23 -25 13
12 UiTM 19 2 3 14 12 37 10 2 1 7 8 15 9 0 2 7 4 22 -25 9