The Liga 1 overall standings tell the truth about these contenders up until now, with Arema in front of Persipura by 23 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:
- Arema have not yet lost a game at home.
- Persipura have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Arema and Persipura should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Arema form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 1 for Arema at their home stadium (Stadion Kapten I Wayan Dipta) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats. Arema haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus PSS Sleman, 131 days ago.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Arema, as their goalkeeper Teguh Amiruddin has completely shut out the opponents for 381 minutes in the Liga 1.
Arema travelled for their previous game, a trip to PSIS Semarang that ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Arema won a home game hosting PSS Sleman (2-0).Arema are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Persela awaits in four days.
The Arema fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Arema have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Persipura form and stats
There's been little loot from Persipura's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Liga 1. Persipura only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Persipura delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Persiraja Banda Aceh (placed 18th) in their previous game.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Persija.A quick return to home after this game, as Persipura are hosting Madura United in the Liga 1 only four days away.
Persipura find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Persipura have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Persipura - Arema 0-1. Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Arema, two draws and four wins for Persipura. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Santos Fortes 10 goals |  Y. Pahabol 6 goals | M. Rafli 4 goals |
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| Arema | Persipura | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 27 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 65% |
| 40% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 45% |
| 15% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 15% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 45% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 55% |
| 55% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 45% |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8.9 | 6.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.5 | 9.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 43% | 52% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 27% |
| 8.7 | 8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 9.9 | 11.1 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Arema have not yet lost a game at home.
- Arema have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arema have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Persipura have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Persipura have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Persipura haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bhayangkara | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| 2 | Arema | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Persib | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Persebaya Surabaya | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 39 |
| 5 | Bali United | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 |
| 6 | PSIS Semarang | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Borneo | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Persija | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | PSS Sleman | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Persita | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | PSM | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | PS TNI | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 23 |
| 13 | Madura United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Persik Kediri | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Persipura | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Barito Putera | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Persela | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -15 | 16 |
| 18 | Persiraja Banda Aceh | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -33 | 7 |
