About Match
6 points and 4 places separate them: Johor Darul Ta'zim 1st with 12, Kuala Lumpur City FC 5th with 6. Scoring rates set the scale: Johor Darul Ta'zim 5.5 scored and 0 conceded per game, Kuala Lumpur City FC 1.33 and 2.33, with the league averaging 1.84. If Kuala Lumpur City FC win, their total rises to 9 and up to 2nd, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Momentum sits with Kuala Lumpur City FC, winners of their last three.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 7 Johor Darul Ta'zim wins, 1 for Kuala Lumpur City FC, 2 draws, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 70% of the meetings. The recent trend is more open — 4.6 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3.5 all-time.
Tan Sri Dato' Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium in Johor Bahru stages the fixture, a ground that holds 40,000.