Liga 1 preview: Can Persib edge out victory against Persik Kediri?

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Competition: Indonesia Liga 1
Competition: Fri 25.March
Match begins: 11:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Kapten I Wayan Dipta (25000 seats)

A peek at the Liga 1 table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Check out our Persib - Persik Kediri match preview!

Insights:
  • Persib have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Liga 1

The season is still full of potential for Persib as they can still win the whole Liga 1. For Persik Kediri most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous competitive action. Let's hope for an active game!

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Persib form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for Persib, who have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Liga 1, at their home stadium (Stadion Kapten I Wayan Dipta) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Persib haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Bhayangkara, 46 days ago.

Persib travelled for their previous game, a trip to Persebaya Surabaya that ended 1-1.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Madura United in a game that was won 3-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Persib's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn one and lost one.

The Persib fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. From these home matches, Persib have conceded only 14 goals.

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Persik Kediri form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Persik Kediri so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-7 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Sepúlveda was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stadion Brawijaya. Persik Kediri suffered a 0-2 loss to Barito Putera (placed 15th).

A 1-1 draw at Persita's stadium before that.

The attacking power of Persik when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Persik Kediri have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other already this season, with the result Persik Kediri - Persib 0-1 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Persib six wins, zero draws and Persik Kediri one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Persik KediriY. Ezzejjari Lhasnaoui
Y. Ezzejjari Lhasnaoui
19 goals
PersibD. da Silva
D. da Silva
7 goals
PersibM. Bassim
M. Bassim
6 goals

Persib missing players

Persik Kediri missing players

Persib Persik Kediri
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
20 7 3 Won W 1 3 9
7 4 1 Drew D 1 6 11
5 5 1 Lost L 3 7 12
47 18 5 Scored S 2 12 32
21 14 3 Conceded C 5 19 36
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 84%
56% 44% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 59%
38% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 31%
19% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 22%
6% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
34% 31% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 38%
50% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 38%
25% 44% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 41%
 
5.1 4.9 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.8 4.4
4.3 5 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.4 4.4
2.5 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 11.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.6 10
3.9 3.6 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.3 3.5
37% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 23% 29%
 
9.5 9 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 8.4 8.1
2.7 2.4 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 2.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Persib have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Persib have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Liga 1
  • Persib have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) 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 Bali United 32 22 6 4 54 22 16 10 4 2 30 13 16 12 2 2 24 9 32 72
2 Persib 32 20 7 5 47 21 16 7 4 5 18 14 16 13 3 0 29 7 26 67
3 Bhayangkara 32 18 8 6 45 26 16 10 2 4 24 15 16 8 6 2 21 11 19 62
4 Persebaya Surabaya 32 17 9 6 52 33 16 10 3 3 27 14 16 7 6 3 25 19 19 60
5 Arema 32 16 11 5 40 24 16 5 9 2 19 13 16 11 2 3 21 11 16 59
6 Borneo 32 13 10 9 41 33 16 7 6 3 23 16 16 6 4 6 18 17 8 49
7 Persija 32 11 11 10 42 37 16 4 4 8 15 20 16 7 7 2 27 17 5 44
8 PSIS Semarang 32 10 13 9 33 29 16 5 5 6 16 14 16 5 8 3 17 15 4 43
9 Persita 32 9 12 11 39 44 16 4 5 7 18 22 16 5 7 4 21 22 -5 39
10 Madura United 32 9 11 12 43 41 16 4 5 7 22 25 16 5 6 5 21 16 2 38
11 Persik Kediri 32 9 11 12 32 36 16 6 5 5 20 17 16 3 6 7 12 19 -4 38
12 PS TNI 32 9 10 13 46 44 16 5 7 4 27 21 16 4 3 9 19 23 2 37
13 PSM 32 7 14 11 30 40 16 4 7 5 14 19 16 3 7 6 16 21 -10 35
14 PSS Sleman 32 8 9 15 35 46 16 5 6 5 20 20 16 3 3 10 15 26 -11 33
15 Barito Putera 32 8 8 16 38 48 15 2 3 10 15 25 17 6 5 6 23 23 -10 32
16 Persipura 32 8 9 15 29 47 17 4 5 8 13 22 15 4 4 7 16 25 -18 30
17 Persela 32 3 12 17 29 56 16 3 5 8 16 27 16 0 7 9 13 29 -27 21
18 Persiraja Banda Aceh 32 2 7 23 18 66 16 1 4 11 9 30 16 1 3 12 9 36 -48 13

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