Sabah are enjoying their 2nd, while Melaka United are lagging 12 points behind in the league standings. Can they cut the gap?
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melaka United have the most points from losing position (9) in Super League
It's quite the trip for Melaka United when visiting Sabah as the cities are 3600 kilometers apart.
Both teams have had plentiful rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!
Sabah form and stats
Sabah have performed here at Stadium Likas this season with 4 wins from 6 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
A strong away win for Sabah against MISC the last match, as Fazail and Kagayama were on target. The victory against MISC came after Fazail's winning goal. The Sabah manager Swee was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 68th minute.
Ahead of that match, Sabah won a home game hosting Terengganu (2-1).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 Sabah have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Sabah has scored 12 goals so far and conceded 6 goals from 6 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Melaka United form and stats
Playing away, Melaka United have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Super League this season. Melaka United has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Melaka go into this game after a win, the home game against Pulau Pinang that ended 4-1.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against MISC.Melaka United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Melaka have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. As opposed to that, Melaka United have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Melaka United - Sabah 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Sabah three wins, one draw and Melaka United two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Park 5 goals |   I. Omosuyi 5 goals | E. Oti Essigba 4 goals |
Sabah missing players
Melaka United missing players
| Sabah | Melaka United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 54% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 54% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 58% |
| 31% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 7.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 45% | 48% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 47% |
| 7.3 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 8.2 | 7.3 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
- Melaka United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Melaka United have the most points from losing position (9) in Super League
- Melaka United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sabah have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sabah have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sabah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 32 |
| 2 | Sabah | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Negeri Sembilan | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Kuala Lumpur | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 5 | Kedah | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 17 |
| 6 | Selangor | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Melaka United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Terengganu | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Pahang | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 10 | MISC | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
| 11 | Selangor United | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 10 |
| 12 | Pulau Pinang | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 7 |
