Selangor vs Sabah: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Malaysia Super League
Competition: Fri 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium Petaling Jaya (25000 seats)

Selangor and Sabah have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Super League.

Insights:
  • Selangor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sabah have yet to win a game away.

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 Sabah, who are travelling more than 3800 kilometers to play this game.

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Selangor form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Selangor have to build on here at Stadium Petaling Jaya in the Super League.

It's back home for Selangor, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Melaka United away with the result 3-2. Syahmi Safari and I. Olusegun (2) found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Perak.

The victory against Melaka United came after Syahmi Safari's winning goal. The Selangor manager K. Neitzel was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 65th minute.

Selangor have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadium Petaling Jaya with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Selangor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sabah form and stats

0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sabah in their Super League matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Sabah, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Sabah won their last game, 4-0 versus UiTM played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pulau Pinang that ended 1-1.

As you can tell from the results above, Sabah was very dominant against UiTM, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with S. Johnson and S. Ramdani providing the goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sabah as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Sabah in these games.

Head 2 Head

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

Selangor missing players

Sabah missing players

Selangor Sabah
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 1 5 9
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 1 Drew D 1 3 3
3 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
15 8 1 Scored S 0 3 10
13 7 1 Conceded C 0 6 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 89%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 78%
56% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 44%
44% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
78% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 56%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 22%
11% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 10.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 6.4 6.4
3.4 4.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.4
48% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 45%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Selangor's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sabah have yet to win a game away.
  • Selangor have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Selangor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Selangor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sabah have scored away.
  • Selangor 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 9 7 2 0 23 4 5 4 1 0 11 1 4 3 1 0 12 3 19 23
2 Terengganu 9 5 3 1 13 7 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 18
3 Kedah 9 5 2 2 14 9 4 3 0 1 9 4 5 2 2 1 5 5 5 17
4 Pulau Pinang 9 4 4 1 10 7 5 2 3 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 16
5 Selangor 9 4 2 3 15 13 5 2 1 2 8 7 4 2 1 1 7 6 2 14
6 Kuala Lumpur 9 3 3 3 10 8 4 3 1 0 6 1 5 0 2 3 4 7 2 12
7 MISC 9 2 5 2 8 11 4 1 3 0 6 5 5 1 2 2 2 6 -3 11
8 Sabah 9 2 3 4 10 12 4 2 0 2 7 6 5 0 3 2 3 6 -2 9
9 Perak 9 2 3 4 10 15 5 1 3 1 6 7 4 1 0 3 4 8 -5 9
10 Melaka United 9 2 4 3 12 13 5 1 2 2 6 7 4 1 2 1 6 6 -1 7
11 Pahang 9 1 2 6 6 15 4 1 1 2 3 6 5 0 1 4 3 9 -9 5
12 UiTM 9 0 1 8 3 20 5 0 0 5 1 12 4 0 1 3 2 8 -17 1