Season ticket holders at Stadium Likas haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sabah languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Melaka United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melaka United, who are travelling more than 3600 kilometers to play this game.
Sabah form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Sabah at their home stadium (Stadium Likas) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager D. Kurniawan led his Sabah to a defeat in the Super League match away at Kedah. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadium Likas. Preceding that game was the away draw at MISC that finished 1-1.
The Sabah manager D. Kurniawan has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Sabah have conceded 5 from these games.
Melaka United form and stats
2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Melaka United in their Super League matches away.
Melaka United's last game was the home draw against MISC (1-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Selangor that ended 1-1.
Melaka are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. 4 goals have been conceded by Melaka United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sabah missing players
Melaka United missing players
| Sabah | Melaka United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 12% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 42 | 54 |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 21 | 29 |
| 32% | 125% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 38% |
- All of Sabah's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Melaka United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
- Melaka United has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Super League
- Melaka United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Melaka United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sabah has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 23 |
| 2 | Perak | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Kedah | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Terengganu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | UiTM | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Melaka United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Pahang | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Selangor | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 10 |
| 9 | MISC | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | FELDA United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 11 | Sabah | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
| 12 | PDRM | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -14 | -1 |