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Competition: Indonesia Liga 1
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Kapten I Wayan Dipta (25000 seats)

Persela are looking to stop thinking about the league table before this match against Persija. Here's everything you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Persela have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Liga 1
  • Persija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Persela and Persija.

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Persela form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Persela have to build on here at Stadion Kapten I Wayan Dipta in the Liga 1. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

In their previous game, the manager Sastra led his Persela to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at Persita. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Kapten I Wayan Dipta.

1-1 away at Persipura before that.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Persela here at Stadion Kapten I Wayan Dipta in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). Persela's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Persija form and stats

Persija have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Persija, as they have won on their previous two travels.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga 1 home defeat versus Persipura with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at PSIS Semarang.

Persija has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Persija as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other already this season, with the match result Persija - Persela 2-1 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Persela victories, three draws and five Persija wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Persela missing players

Persija missing players

Persela Persija
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 5 Played P 3 9 19
3 3 0 Won W 1 5 7
6 3 3 Drew D 2 3 7
10 3 2 Lost L 0 1 5
15 8 4 Scored S 3 14 22
30 10 7 Conceded C 2 8 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 89%
74% 56% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 58%
37% 22% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 42%
16% 22% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
53% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 53%
16% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 44% 32%
32% 22% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 11% 26%
 
4.4 3.8 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.6 4.6
5.2 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.8 3.8
1.9 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.8 7.9 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.7 8
2.3 2.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.8 2.6
34% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 56% 44%
 
9.9 9.3 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 6 10.3 10.3
4.7 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.1 3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Persela have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Liga 1
  • Persela haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Persija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Persija have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Persib 18 11 4 3 26 12 9 4 2 3 10 8 9 7 2 0 16 4 14 37
2 Arema 18 10 7 1 25 13 8 2 6 0 10 6 10 8 1 1 15 7 12 37
3 Bhayangkara 18 11 4 3 22 11 9 6 1 2 11 5 9 5 3 1 11 6 11 37
4 Persebaya Surabaya 18 11 3 4 35 19 9 6 1 2 18 7 9 5 2 2 17 12 16 36
5 Bali United 18 9 5 4 26 15 9 4 3 2 15 7 9 5 2 2 11 8 11 32
6 PSIS Semarang 19 8 6 5 23 17 9 4 1 4 10 7 10 4 5 1 13 10 6 30
7 Persija 19 7 7 5 22 18 10 2 4 4 8 10 9 5 3 1 14 8 4 28
8 Borneo 18 7 6 5 23 20 10 4 4 2 15 12 8 3 2 3 8 8 3 27
9 Persita 19 7 4 8 23 28 10 4 1 5 13 14 9 3 3 3 10 14 -5 25
10 PSS Sleman 18 6 6 6 26 27 9 4 3 2 15 13 9 2 3 4 11 14 -1 24
11 PSM 18 5 8 5 20 21 9 3 4 2 10 11 9 2 4 3 10 10 -1 23
12 Madura United 18 5 6 7 21 20 9 2 3 4 12 13 9 3 3 3 9 7 1 21
13 PS TNI 18 4 7 7 28 23 9 3 4 2 19 11 9 1 3 5 9 12 5 19
14 Persik Kediri 18 4 6 8 19 24 9 3 3 3 13 11 9 1 3 5 6 13 -5 18
15 Persipura 19 4 5 10 17 28 10 2 2 6 7 13 9 2 3 4 10 15 -11 17
16 Barito Putera 18 4 3 11 17 29 8 1 1 6 8 16 10 3 2 5 9 13 -12 15
17 Persela 19 3 6 10 15 30 9 3 3 3 8 10 10 0 3 7 7 20 -15 15
18 Persiraja Banda Aceh 19 1 3 15 11 44 10 1 2 7 6 17 9 0 1 8 5 27 -33 6

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