Sabah FA 0:2 Kuching City: Super League Match Result

Match report

Kuching City took all three points away from home as they beat Sabah 2:0 in the Super League's third round of the regular season. The visitors put the match beyond doubt by minute twenty, when A. Mujagic had already netted twice. To be fair, the result reflected the quality of their finishing more than anything else.

Mujagic opened the scoring in the fifth minute, then doubled his tally in the twenty-first. Sabah's defence never really stretched the back line after that, and the visitors held every card they had. The home side would have needed something special to turn this around.

Kuching City's manager got his substitutions spot on when the game opened up. Park Jung-Bin came on at the break, while Sabah brought on F. Zulkifi and F. Danel together in the seventieth minute. By then the match was already decided, and the changes were about managing legs rather than changing the shape.

The statistics tell their own story. Sabah had 51 percent possession and 121 attacks but managed only one shot on target, while Kuching City, with 49 percent of the ball, registered seven. They had the game won inside twenty minutes, and the rest was simply keeping control.

With the win Kuching City moved to second place on nine points from four matches, while Sabah stayed fourth on six points after three games. The visitors extended their unbeaten run to eight across all competitions, and the gap between them and the hosts grew.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 51 – 49

Shots on target 1 – 7

Shots off target 7 – 2

Attacks 121 – 111

⚽ 5' A. Mujagic — Goal ⚽ 21' A. Mujagic — Goal ⇄ 46' Park Jung-Bin — Substitution 🟨 49' A. Mujagic — Yellow card 🟨 55' F. Danel — Yellow card 🟨 59' R. Saifullah — Yellow card ⇄ 70' F. Zulkifi — Substitution ⇄ 70' F. Danel — Substitution ⇄ 78' R. Dinesh — Substitution ⇄ 78' J. Flere — Substitution ⇄ 80' A. Mujagic — Substitution ⇄ 80' S. Rasid — Substitution ⇄ 80' A. Farhan — Substitution ⇄ 89' R. Lambert — Substitution ⇄ 90+1' P. Shitembi — Substitution 🟨 90+4' J. Mpacko Etame — Yellow card

Match events

5' 0:1 Kuching City Goal A. Mujagic
21' 0:2 Kuching City Goal A. Mujagic
46' 0:2 Sabah FA Substitution Park Jung-Bin off: G. Di Renzo
49' 0:2 Kuching City Yellow card A. Mujagic
55' 0:2 Sabah FA Yellow card F. Danel
59' 0:2 Kuching City Yellow card R. Saifullah
70' 0:2 Sabah FA Substitution F. Zulkifi off: F. Roslan
70' 0:2 Sabah FA Substitution F. Danel off: H. Tokyo
78' 0:2 Sabah FA Substitution R. Dinesh off: Cadete
78' 0:2 Sabah FA Substitution J. Flere off: D. Lim
80' 0:2 Kuching City Substitution A. Mujagic off: D. Wenzel-Halls
80' 0:2 Kuching City Substitution S. Rasid off: N. Faiz
80' 0:2 Kuching City Substitution A. Farhan off: F. Anyie
89' 0:2 Kuching City Substitution R. Lambert off: D. Baggio
90+1' 0:2 Kuching City Substitution P. Shitembi off: K. Yamazaki
90+4' 0:2 Kuching City Yellow card J. Mpacko Etame

Statistics

51 Possession, % 49

1 Shots on target 7

7 Shots off target 2

121 Attacks 111

8 Corners 7

1 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

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