Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Johor Darul Ta'zim 1st with 70 points, Kelantan United 12th with 15, 55 apart. Per game in the league, Kelantan United were scoring 0.71 and conceding 2.63, Johor Darul Ta'zim 4.88 and 0.42, against a competition average of 1.65 goals per team per game.
Kelantan United had been beaten in six straight games. Over the last five, Kelantan United had taken 0 of 15 points to Johor Darul Ta'zim's 10.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Kelantan United, 5 by Johor Darul Ta'zim, 0 drawn, at 6.2 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. 100% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
Stadium Sultan Mohammad IV staged the fixture, a ground that holds 22,000. Johor Darul Ta'zim led 8-0 at the break, and the second half added 7 goals for the 1-14 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Kelantan United: Muhammad Farris Izdiham Awang Kechik (64') · Johor Darul Ta'zim: Stuart Wilkin (38'), Bergson (11'), Bergson (1'), Manuel Hidalgo (16'), Manuel Hidalgo (25'), Cristian Glauder (19'), Bergson (83'), Bergson (42'), Bergson (36'), Syamer Kutty Abba (86'), Teto (88'), Yago César (50'), Bergson (53'), Manuel Hidalgo (62')
Key stats
Possession: Kelantan United 47% · Johor Darul Ta'zim 53% · Total shots: 6-44 · On target: 2-27 · Corners: 2-14