Match Report
The table gap was wide: 49 points between Johor Darul Ta'zim (1st, 70 pts) and Kedah (11th, 21 pts). Against a league average of 1.52 goals per team per game, Kedah ran at 0.88 scored and 2.13 conceded, Johor Darul Ta'zim at 3.75 and 0.33.
Kedah had lost three in a row.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Kedah, 0 draws and 7 for Johor Darul Ta'zim, at 3.33 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 78% of the meetings.
Stadium Darul Aman, capacity 32,500, hosted the game. Johor Darul Ta'zim led 3-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-6 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Kedah: Afeeq Rosli (34') · Johor Darul Ta'zim: Bergson (17'), Romel Morales (18'), Bergson (23'), Jordi Amat (61'), Nazmi Faiz (83'), Bergson (90')
Key stats
Possession: Kedah 31% · Johor Darul Ta'zim 69% · Total shots: 5-32 · On target: 3-15 · Corners: 1-14