Selangor FC win 4-1 at Star City FC in the Malaysia FA Cup quarter-final
Selangor FC won 4-1 away at Star City FC in the first leg of their Malaysia FA Cup quarter-final, and take a three-goal lead into the return.
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Selangor FC won the first leg of their Malaysia FA Cup quarter-final 4-1 away at Star City FC on 19 September, and take a three-goal lead into the return.
Half a tie, and the better half of it
A quarter-final here is decided over two legs, so nothing is formally settled. In practice the margin does most of the work: Star City FC must win the return by three clear goals simply to level the tie, and by four to go into the semi-finals inside ninety minutes.
The other half of the problem is who they have to do it against. Selangor FC have not lost a league match this season.
What the league table says about the two
Selangor FC came into the tie unbeaten in the Malaysia Super League: four wins from four, 12 points, third in the table and 3 points behind the leaders. They have scored 13 league goals and conceded 3. Their most recent league outing was a 3-0 home win over Kuala Lumpur City on Matchday 4.
Star City FC are 11th of the 12 clubs in the same table, with 2 points from 4 matches, 4 goals scored and 13 conceded. Their Matchday 4 fixture against Terengganu FC finished 1-1.
What comes next
The second leg settles the quarter-final. After that the two meet again in the Malaysia Super League on 31 October, when Star City FC host Selangor FC on Matchday 6 — a fixture that reads rather differently now than it did a week ago.
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