DPMM FC and Kuala Lumpur City draw 3-3 in the Malaysia FA Cup quarter-final first leg

DPMM FC and Kuala Lumpur City shared six goals in the first leg of their Malaysia FA Cup quarter-final, finishing 3-3 at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Six goals, nothing settled

Jordan Murray opened the scoring for the hosts. Fareed Sadat scored his first goal for Kuala Lumpur City in the same tie.

Neither club carries an advantage into the return, which is the one outcome that leaves both coaches with the same problem to solve. A quarter-final here is decided over two legs, and after ninety minutes of it the aggregate reads level.

What the league table says about the two

The two sit next to each other in the Malaysia Super League, and the gap between them is nothing at all. DPMM FC are 5th of the 12 clubs on 6 points from 4 matches, with 3 goals scored and 5 conceded. Kuala Lumpur City are 6th on the same 6 points, from 5 matches, having scored 4 and conceded 13. Both are 9 points behind the leaders.

They arrived from opposite kinds of weekend. DPMM FC won 2-1 away at Sabah FC on Matchday 4; Kuala Lumpur City lost 3-0 at Selangor FC the same round.

The last meeting

They last met on 29 August, when Kuala Lumpur City won 1-0 at home in a Matchday 2 fixture in the Malaysia Super League. Six goals in a cup tie is a different kind of evening altogether.

What comes next

The second leg settles the quarter-final. In the league, Kuala Lumpur City travel to Melaka FC on 17 October and DPMM FC host Kuching City FC the following day.

Selangor FC visited Star City FC in the quarter-final first leg at Kangar.

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