Match Report
10 points for Malaysia (3rd), 6 for Chinese Taipei (2nd): a 4-point gap. Chinese Taipei ranked just 74th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Malaysia ran at 1.5 scored and 1.5 conceded, Chinese Taipei at 3.5 and 0.
Malaysia had gone 7 games without a win. Defeat had followed defeat for Chinese Taipei — five in succession.
The match was played at Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur (capacity 87,411). On the scoreboard, Chinese Taipei led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-1.