Football background guide: Sabah favourites when Pulau Pinang arrive

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Competition: Malaysia Super League
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium Likas (35000 seats)

Sabah battle Pulau Pinang for fame and victory.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Pulau Pinang, who are travelling more than 4200 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams have had enough rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!

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Sabah form and stats

As mentioned below, Sabah are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Super League games.

Sabah drew their last game, 1-1 away at Pahang (after extra-time) (placed 5th).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Kuching FA (after extra-time) and winning 2-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Sabah's 2 home games: {7 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Pulau Pinang form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Super League for Pulau Pinang with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Gomes was the last player to score for the away team. Pinang haven't scored a league goal in the last 275 minutes.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Selangor (after extra-time) with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

A 0-2 defeat away at Kelantan (after extra-time) before that.

{2 goals} so far away for Pulau Pinang, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sabah victories, three draws and three Pulau Pinang wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SabahS. Ramdani
S. Ramdani
3 goals
SabahT. Park
T. Park
2 goals
SabahT. Ferreira Castanheira
T. Ferreira Castanheira
2 goals

Sabah missing players

Pulau Pinang missing players

Sabah Pulau Pinang
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
10 7 3 Scored S 0 2 3
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
6.2 7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4.8
3.2 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.5
1.8 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.5 8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 12.2
5.2 6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.5
48% 58% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 21%
 
6.2 2 4 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 9.2
2.2 0.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 3.8
Sabah Last season Pulau Pinang
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
13 7   Won W   0 2
3 1   Drew D   1 5
6 3   Lost L   10 15
36 23   Scored S   8 22
26 13   Conceded C   27 45
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
77% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
59% 82%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 50%
27% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
14% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 32%
59% 73%   BTTS BTTS   55% 68%
23% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 5%
18% 9%   Failed to Score F T   45% 27%
 
4.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   2.3 2.7
4.4 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.8
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2
2 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
5.9 5.2   Shots (avg) S (   5.2 6.3
3.2 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.9
53% 64%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%
 
5.9 3.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.2
2.9 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.3

  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 17 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 10 0 16 12
2 Sabah 4 3 1 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 7 10
3 Selangor 4 3 1 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 7 10
4 Kedah 4 3 0 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 7 3 4 9
5 Pahang 4 1 3 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 6
6 Perak 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 5
7 Terengganu 4 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 -2 4
8 PDRM 4 1 1 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 5 -4 4
9 Kelantan 4 1 0 3 5 11 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 9 -6 3
10 Kuching FA 4 1 0 3 3 10 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 -7 3
11 Pulau Pinang 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 2
12 Kuala Lumpur 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 2
13 Negeri Sembilan 3 0 2 1 1 8 2 0 1 1 1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 -7 2
14 Kelantan United 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 1
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 17 5 0 61 12 11 10 1 0 41 5 11 7 4 0 20 7 49 56
2 Terengganu 22 14 2 6 39 20 11 8 2 1 20 4 11 6 0 5 19 16 19 44
3 Sabah 22 13 3 6 36 26 11 7 1 3 23 13 11 6 2 3 13 13 10 42
4 Negeri Sembilan 22 12 5 5 33 26 11 8 1 2 24 14 11 4 4 3 9 12 7 41
5 Selangor 22 8 6 8 39 33 11 5 3 3 26 11 11 3 3 5 13 22 6 30
6 Kuala Lumpur 22 8 5 9 30 31 11 6 2 3 20 13 11 2 3 6 10 18 -1 29
7 Pahang 22 8 4 10 33 31 11 4 2 5 14 12 11 4 2 5 19 19 2 28
8 Kedah 22 8 3 11 32 41 11 5 2 4 16 15 11 3 1 7 16 26 -9 27
9 MISC 22 6 8 8 22 30 11 4 2 5 14 16 11 2 6 3 8 14 -8 26
10 Melaka United 22 4 6 12 22 43 11 2 5 4 15 17 11 2 1 8 7 26 -21 18
11 Selangor United 22 5 2 15 19 50 11 1 2 8 5 18 11 4 0 7 14 32 -31 17
12 Pulau Pinang 22 2 5 15 22 45 11 2 4 5 14 18 11 0 1 10 8 27 -23 11