Melaka United greet Sabah for another engrossing Super League game here at Stadium Hang Jebat.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Melaka United form and stats
Melaka United shared the glory with Pulau Pinang in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting MISC (0-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Melaka United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won one time, drawn four and lost two.
Melaka are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Kuala Lumpur awaits in four days.
Sabah form and stats
The followers enjoyed Sabah's previous fixture versus MISC (placed 5th), a 3-1 win played at home.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Negeri Sembilan.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Melaka United two wins, one draw and Sabah two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() J. de Souza 1 goals | ![]() A. Cordeiro Pessôa Neto 1 goals | ![]() S. Ramdani 1 goals |
Melaka United missing players
Sabah missing players
| Melaka United | Sabah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Melaka United | Last season | Sabah | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 82% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 55% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 50% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 14% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 45% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 66% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 35% | ||
| 3.5 | 1.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 7.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Kedah | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sabah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MISC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Selangor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Melaka United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Pulau Pinang | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Pahang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Terengganu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Selangor United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 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 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 57 |
| 2 | Kedah | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Pulau Pinang | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Terengganu | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 36 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | MISC | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 24 |
| 8 | Melaka United | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Sabah | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 19 |
| 10 | Pahang | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | Perak | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -25 | 16 |
| 12 | UiTM | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -25 | 13 |