Negeri Sembilan FC set their restart against Sabah FC for 17 October

Negeri Sembilan FC have put a date on the end of their idle spell. Posting photographs from an earlier meeting with the same opponent, the club gave 17 October and a five o’clock kick-off for its next match.

That is Sabah FC at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Seremban, Matchday 5 of the Malaysia Super League, at 17:00.

Where the two sit

Sabah FC are 4th with 6 points from 4 matches, 9 behind the leader. Negeri Sembilan FC are 8th on 4 points from the same four, 11 behind.

Both have scored 6 goals. Sabah FC have conceded 5 and Negeri Sembilan FC 7, which is most of what separates them.

Two different shapes of four matches

Sabah FC have two wins and two defeats, and both defeats came at Likas Stadium: 0-2 to Kuching City FC on 5 September, then 1-2 to DPMM FC on 13 September. A side that began with two wins has lost its last two at home.

Negeri Sembilan FC have one win, one draw and two defeats. The most recent of them was 3-0 at Johor Darul Ta’zim on 11 September, and the draw before it was 2-2 at home with Star City FC.

So the visitors arrive with the better record and the worse run, which is the kind of fixture a long break makes harder to read.

The last meeting

They last met on 28 February, drawing 1-1 at Likas Stadium in the previous edition of the Malaysia Super League.

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