Sabah will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Kedah.
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kedah have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
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 Sabah and Kedah.
These teams have little in common geographically as Kedah have to travel 4200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sabah form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 Super League games here at Stadium Likas for Sabah. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Sabah are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The Sabah supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Melaka United in Super League and win 3-1. Before that, Sabah had a home game versus Perak which ended with a victory 2-1.
The Sabah manager D. Kurniawan has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. Sabah's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kedah form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Kedah's previous game was their home loss versus Johor Darul Ta'zim (0-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Melaka United with the score of 3-1.
Kedah were so close to getting something from the game against Johor Darul Ta'zim, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.
Kedah are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Kedah have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kedah - Sabah 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Sabah, one draw and seven wins for Kedah. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Sabah missing players
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| Sabah | Kedah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 58% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.4 | 8.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 49% | 60% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 59% |
- Kedah have the most points from losing position (11) in Super League
- Kedah have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Super League
- Kedah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Terengganu | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Kedah | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Pulau Pinang | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Selangor | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Sabah | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | MISC | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Perak | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | Melaka United | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Pahang | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | UiTM | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -26 | 1 |