Struggling Pulau Pinang are eager to pull off a surprise victory when they host high-flying Kedah in the next league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have not-so-high expectations.
- Pulau Pinang have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
- Kedah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pinang and Kedah.
Pulau Pinang form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Pulau Pinang at their home stadium (Stadium Bandar Raya Pulau Pinang) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Pulau Pinang has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Hassan and the players.
The regulars hope that Pulau Pinang will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Malaysia Cup fixture against Kuala Lumpur.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Perak (1-3).The Pulau Pinang fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Pinang have conceded 14 in these home matches. When Pulau Pinang hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Kuching FA, Kelantan, Kelantan United and Perak), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Kedah form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Kedah hope to make it five in this match.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kedah goalkeeper Kalamullah Al Hafiz is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The regulars enjoyed Kedah's previous fixture versus Perak, a Malaysia Cup win (2-1) played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Pahang.After this away game Kedah return home for a Super League game against Johor Darul Ta'zim. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Kedah has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. Kedah struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Kedah have won at least one point in the last 11 games (6-5-0) versus Pulau Pinang.This was the final score when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Kedah - Pinang 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Saad Ali 5 goals |   I. Omosuyi 5 goals |  L. Tuck 5 goals |
Pulau Pinang missing players
Kedah missing players
| Pulau Pinang | Kedah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 37 |
| 33 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 74% |
| 53% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 37% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 44% | 32% |
| 58% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 42% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 42% |
| 37% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.9 | 14.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 8.8 | 12.7 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 47% | 51% |
| 11.1 | 10.4 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.7 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
- Kedah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pulau Pinang have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pulau Pinang have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
| 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 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 75 | 60 |
| 2 | Selangor | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 9 | 30 | 46 |
| 3 | Kedah | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Sabah | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Pahang | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Terengganu | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 32 |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | PDRM | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Negeri Sembilan | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 21 |
| 10 | Pulau Pinang | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Perak | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -27 | 16 |
| 12 | Kelantan United | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -29 | 8 |
| 13 | Kelantan | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 47 | -54 | 8 |
| 14 | Kuching FA | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -23 | 7 |
