Malaysia xG 2026

Malaysia expected goals 2026: last 7

Games: 7
Expected goals (xG): 18.73
Goals scored: 18
Goals minus xG: -0.73
Expected goals against (xGA): 5.08
Goals conceded: 8
xGA minus goals conceded: -2.92
Expected points (xPts): 16.18
Points: 15
Points minus xPts: -1.18
Verdict: A bit unlucky

Are Malaysia overperforming their expected goals?

Malaysia have taken 1.2 points fewer than their chances warranted over 7 games: -0.7 goals against their xG, and -2.9 on the goals their xGA expected them to concede. The performances are better than the results, which is the side of this table where prices tend to be generous.

Malaysia results against expected goals by form window and venue

Window	Games	xG	Goals	Goals minus xG	xGA	Conceded	xGA minus conceded	xPts	Points	Points minus xPts
Last 7	7	18.73	18	-0.73	5.08	8	-2.92	16.18	15	-1.18
Last 5	5	15.07	14	-1.07	2.28	5	-2.72	12.87	12	-0.87
Home	3	9.65	10	+0.35	2.24	4	-1.76	7.44	6	-1.44
Away	4	9.08	8	-1.08	2.84	4	-1.16	8.74	9	+0.26

Malaysia expected goals match by match, last 7

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	xG	xGA	xPts	Points	Deserved result
31 Mar	Asian Cup Qualification	Vietnam (A)	3-1	1.54	1.23	1.59	0	W
18 Nov	Asian Cup Qualification	Nepal (A)	0-1	2.51	0.04	2.81	3	W
14 Oct	Asian Cup Qualification	Laos (H)	5-1	3.57	0.05	2.90	3	W
9 Oct	Asian Cup Qualification	Laos (A)	0-3	3.41	0.06	2.89	3	W
14 Jun	Asian Cup Qualification	Bangladesh (H)	4-1	4.04	0.90	2.68	3	W
11 Jun	Asian Cup Qualification	Bahrain (H)	1-2	2.04	1.29	1.86	0	W
8 Jun	Asian Cup Qualification	Turkmenistan (A)	1-3	1.62	1.51	1.45	3	W

Malaysia players: goals against expected goals, last 7

Player	Position	Apps	Minutes	Goals	Goals minus xG
Faisal Halim	attacker	6	405	4	+4.00
Safawi Rasid	attacker	6	247	2	+2.00
Dion Cools	defender	7	630	2	+2.00
Arif Aiman Hanapi	attacker	6	383	1	+1.00
La'Vere Corbin-Ong	defender	7	588	1	+1.00
Darren Lok	attacker	3	165	1	+1.00
Paulo Josué	attacker	4	100	1	+1.00

Asian Cup Qualification 2026: every team's points against expected points

#	Team	MP	xG	Goals	xGA	Conceded	xPts	Points	Points minus xPts
1	Singapore	6	7.7	8	7	4	8.4	14	+5.6
2	Myanmar	6	7.3	8	8.5	11	7.4	12	+4.6
3	Turkmenistan	6	6.7	11	6.5	7	8.4	12	+3.6
4	Vietnam	5	11.8	14	2.4	2	12.2	15	+2.8
5	Brunei Darussalam	7	2.3	4	16.6	22	3.4	6	+2.6
6	Syria	6	15.9	21	1.7	2	15.9	18	+2.1
7	Tajikistan	6	10	14	3.4	3	12.1	14	+1.9
8	Lebanon	5	9	14	2	0	11.2	13	+1.8
9	Thailand	6	11.1	16	3.1	5	13.3	15	+1.7
10	Cambodia	2	0.9	2	4.7	2	0.7	2	+1.3
11	Philippines	6	10.7	16	2.8	6	13.4	14	+0.6
12	Laos	5	2.1	2	13.4	15	2.4	3	+0.6
13	Mongolia	2	2.6	3	2.2	4	2.9	3	+0.1
14	Hong Kong	6	6.6	8	6	8	8.5	8	-0.5
15	East Timor	8	7	8	14.1	18	6.6	6	-0.6
16	Sri Lanka	8	9.2	10	7.7	11	11.8	11	-0.8
17	Bhutan	6	3.8	4	11.6	16	4.9	4	-0.9
18	Maldives	6	4.7	3	12.5	13	4.1	3	-1.1
19	Nepal	4	1	1	8.7	6	1.1	0	-1.1
20	Malaysia	4	11	10	1.4	4	10.2	9	-1.2
21	Macao	1	0.6	0	0.7	1	1.2	0	-1.2
22	Yemen	5	16.4	18	1	1	12.5	11	-1.5
23	Bangladesh	6	5.6	6	7.4	8	6.9	5	-1.9
24	Pakistan	6	4	2	13.6	11	4.4	2	-2.4
25	India	6	7.3	4	6.8	6	8.7	5	-3.7
26	Afghanistan	6	4	4	7.3	11	5.9	2	-3.9
27	Chinese Taipei	6	2.6	5	8.6	19	4.2	0	-4.2