Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kelantan 2nd with 37 points, Skuad Projek 10th with 8, 29 apart. On recent form Kelantan Red Warrior sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Kelantan ran at 1.5 scored and 0.78 conceded, Skuad Projek at 0.56 and 1.83.
Kelantan's unbeaten run stood at 8. A win had eluded Skuad Projek for 15 matches. Over the last five, Kelantan had taken 11 of 15 points to Skuad Projek's 1.
The match was played at Stadium Sultan Mohammad IV in Kota Bharu (capacity 22,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.