DPMM beat league leaders Johor Darul Ta'zim 3:0 in the Super League regular season on 4 September 2026. The hosts finished with a clean sheet despite the visitors dominating possession and shooting volume throughout the ninety minutes.
There was no minute-by-minute data available for this fixture, so the exact sequence of goals remains unrecorded in the official feed. What we do know is that DPMM took all three points from a match where Johor controlled 76 percent of possession and registered eight shots on target, yet could not find the net once.
By then the visitors had already accumulated twelve points from four games, while DPMM sat ninth with three points after three outings. The result shifted the gap between the two sides from nine to six points, though the table position of the home side stayed the same.
DPMM's recent form had been mixed: a 1:0 win over Penang sandwiched between defeats to Kuala Lumpur City and Arema, plus a draw with Tampines Rovers. Johor, meanwhile, were on a run of four straight victories, including a 7:0 thrashing of Imigrasi and a 9:0 demolition of Kelantan Red Warriors, before a 3:3 draw with Chelsea.
Statistically, the match was an anomaly. Johor earned five corners to one, had twenty-one throw-ins against nine, and committed four free kicks compared to the hosts' fourteen. Yet the scoreline told a different story — and here's the thing, sometimes possession numbers mean little when the final result does not follow.
DPMM now sit on three points after three games, two losses and one win. Johor remain top of the table with four wins from four, but the margin of their superiority has narrowed by two points.