Kedah playing away at Paroi tonight against the seventh-placed NS Matrix. The Red Hawk currently unbeaten in 12 matches, while the home side have lost twice in a row so far. Despite the unbeaten record, Kedah will be playing without the services of captain Khairul Helmi Johari and Syazwan Tajudin as both are suspended from the match. The verdict: Due to the recent defeats, Negeri Sembilan might fancy a draw tonight.
Penang will welcome the out-of-form Sabah, desperately for three points today in order to put pressure over the second-placed T-Team. The Panthers who won a narrow 1-0 win over NS Matrix in the previous match and currently unbeaten in 3 matches is expected to continue with the impressive trio Hilton, Azinee Taib and Faiz Subri.
While Sabah have nothing to chase any more this season after winless in 6 matches that resulted a slip up from first to sixth placed means their title bid is all but over. The Rhinos might even make things easier for the home side as they set to play without all their foreign players with the controversial El Haji Diouf suspended, while Abdoulaye Faye, Joel Chianese and Eamon Zayed all due to injury. The Verdict: Penang all the way
T-Team set to continue their unbeaten run as they visit 9th placed UiTM in Shah Alam. The Titans should have no trouble as they must collect the maximum points in order not to lose their place to the third-placed Penang. The only setback for them is the absence of the star striker Farhod Tadjiev who unable to play due to ACL injury. The Verdict: T-Team to win
Full MPL matches
DRB-Hicom v PKNS
UiTM v T-Team
SPA v Kuantan FA
JDTII v KL
NS Matrix v Kedah
Penang v Sabah