Super League match prediction: Little separates Pulau Pinang and Kedah in quality

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Competition: Malaysia Super League
Competition: Sun 17.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium Bandar Raya Pulau Pinang (20000 seats)

This should be another engrossing skirmish at Stadium Bandar Raya Pulau Pinang in the Super League. Pulau Pinang is in 9th position and host Kedah in 3rd spot. Read all about the game here!

This should be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Pulau Pinang form and stats

Two Super League home games so far for Pulau Pinang, who are yet to win here at Stadium Bandar Raya Pulau Pinang. Only 2 points so far. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Pinang.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Pulau Pinang, who played 1-1 against Negeri Sembilan. That match was also played at this venue (Stadium Bandar Raya Pulau Pinang).

Before that, Pulau Pinang played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Selangor United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pinang have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost two.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Pulau Pinang at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Kedah form and stats

Things could have gone better for Kedah in their Super League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Kedah, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Selangor (placed 7th).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Pahang.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Kedah in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Kedah, one draw and three defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Kedah has managed 2 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Pinang won one game, five matches ended with a tie and Kedah have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

KedahM. bin Zulfikli Amin
M. bin Zulfikli Amin
2 goals
Pulau PinangM. Bin Abdullah
M. Bin Abdullah
1 goals
Pulau PinangH. El-Helwe
H. El-Helwe
1 goals

Pulau Pinang missing players

Kedah missing players

Pulau Pinang Kedah
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 2 1 Scored S 1 2 6
4 2 1 Conceded C 0 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 50%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.2 2.5 1 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3 3.5
7 6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3.8
2.5 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 6.5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.5 8
2.5 2.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 3.8
30% 40% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 40%
 
11.2 5.5 1 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11 7.8
6.2 3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 7 4.5
Pulau Pinang Last season Kedah
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
12 5   Won W   6 13
5 4   Drew D   3 4
5 2   Lost L   2 5
37 15   Scored S   18 44
30 14   Conceded C   12 28
95% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
86% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
64% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 64%
27% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 45%
18% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 27%
64% 64%   BTTS BTTS   73% 73%
27% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
14% 18%   Failed to Score F T   9% 9%
 
4.3 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.7
5.3 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.9
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.3
2 2   Red cards R C   0 3
 
8.1 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 6.3
3.3 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 3.3
51% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 57%
 
7.7 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 6.3
3.3 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3

  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 4 4 0 0 12 1 3 3 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 11 12
2 Sabah 5 3 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 9
3 Kedah 4 3 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 9
4 Negeri Sembilan 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 8
5 Kuala Lumpur 5 2 1 2 9 9 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 7
6 MISC 5 2 1 2 7 7 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 3 7 0 7
7 Selangor 3 1 2 0 9 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 5 5 3 5
8 Melaka United 5 1 1 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 3 5 -3 4
9 Pulau Pinang 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
10 Pahang 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
11 Selangor United 4 0 1 3 1 9 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 -8 1
12 Terengganu 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 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