This has the potential to be an engrossing match as Arema have their supposed home advantage, while PSM lead them by 15 points in the Liga 1 standings.
- Arema have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- PSM have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Liga 1
Both contenders have had plentiful rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's wish for an animated game!
Arema form and stats
Arema have played 9 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Arema are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Setiawan was the last player to score a league goal for Arema and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Arema haven't scored in 394 minutes.
Arema lost their last game at PSS Sleman (placed 13th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at PSIS Semarang.It should be considered that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Arema are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Cilegon United awaits in four days.
Arema are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded.
PSM form and stats
2 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of PSM playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.
PSM go into this game after a win, the home game against Cilegon United that ended 3-1.
Prior to that match, the PSM manager Tavares faced defeat when travelling to Persija and losing 2-4.PSM are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). 12 goals have been conceded by PSM in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled previously this season: PSM - Arema 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Arema wins - draws - PSM wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  É. Nascimento de Mendonça 7 goals | K. Nambu 6 goals | M. Ramadhan Sananta 6 goals |
Arema missing players
PSM missing players
| Arema | PSM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 38 |
| 22 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 63% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 81% |
| 37% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 37% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 57% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.1 | 10.6 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | 9.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 32% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | 39% |
| 8.3 | 8.2 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
- Arema have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- PSM have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- PSM have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Liga 1
- PSM have the the best goal difference (+21) in Liga 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Persija | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 44 |
| 2 | Persib | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 42 |
| 3 | PSM | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | Madura United | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Borneo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 36 |
| 6 | Bali United | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 35 |
| 7 | Persebaya Surabaya | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 8 | Persita | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Arema | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | PSIS Semarang | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Persis Solo | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | PS TNI | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | PSS Sleman | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Bhayangkara | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Dewa United | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Cilegon United | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 31 | -20 | 17 |
| 17 | Barito Putera | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 18 | Persik Kediri | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 16 |
