Persija vs PSS Sleman match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion Ngurah Rai

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Competition: Indonesia Liga 1
Competition: Thu 31.March
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ngurah Rai (12000 seats)

The stage is set for Liga 1 and Persija - PSS Sleman. In this guide you'll find numbers, scores, analysis, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • PSS Sleman have the most points from losing position (18) in Liga 1

Persija can neither be promoted or relegated from Liga 1. PSS Sleman are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

This should be an interesting match with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Persija form and stats

Persija's results here at Stadion Ngurah Rai in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 4 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

The home team returns to Stadion Ngurah Rai after drawing with Bhayangkara (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Persija won a home game hosting PSM (3-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Persija perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Persija as a small favourite), we find five games. Persija has won zero of these, drawn one and lost four.

Persija aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Ngurah Rai in the league, with only 15 goals from 16 games. Persija's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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PSS Sleman form and stats

There's been little loot from PSS Sleman's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 16 away games in the Liga 1. PSS Sleman only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of PSS Sleman, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

PSS Sleman go into this game after a win, the home game against Persela that ended 3-2.

Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Persipura's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sleman playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two PSS Sleman wins, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as PSS Sleman have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Persija and PSS Sleman have played each other already this season: PSS Sleman - Persija 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Persija two wins, two draws and PSS Sleman zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PersijaM. Šimić
M. Šimić
14 goals
PersijaM. Konaté
M. Konaté
7 goals
PSS SlemanE. Barbosa da Silva Junior
E. Barbosa da Silva Junior
6 goals

Persija missing players

PSS Sleman missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Persija PSS Sleman
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
11 4 2 Won W 1 3 9
12 4 1 Drew D 1 3 9
10 8 2 Lost L 3 10 15
43 15 7 Scored S 2 15 38
38 20 6 Conceded C 5 26 48
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 88%
73% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 67%
48% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 45%
21% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 30%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 24%
64% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 50% 58%
21% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 18%
21% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 80% 44% 36%
 
4.9 5.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.8 4.1
4.3 4.2 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.5 5.7
1.8 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.6 9.6 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.6 10.4
3 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.9 3.6
43% 33% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 32%
 
11.1 11.1 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 4 10.1 11.1
3.4 3.3 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • PSS Sleman have the most points from losing position (18) 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 33 22 6 5 54 25 17 10 4 3 30 16 16 12 2 2 24 9 29 72
2 Persib 33 20 8 5 47 21 17 7 5 5 18 14 16 13 3 0 29 7 26 68
3 Bhayangkara 34 19 9 6 48 27 17 10 3 4 25 16 17 9 6 2 23 11 21 66
4 Persebaya Surabaya 33 18 9 6 55 33 16 10 3 3 27 14 17 8 6 3 28 19 22 63
5 Arema 33 17 11 5 43 25 16 5 9 2 19 13 17 12 2 3 24 12 18 62
6 Borneo 33 13 10 10 41 34 17 7 6 4 23 17 16 6 4 6 18 17 7 49
7 PSIS Semarang 34 11 13 10 35 34 17 5 5 7 16 18 17 6 8 3 19 16 1 46
8 Persija 33 11 12 10 43 38 16 4 4 8 15 20 17 7 8 2 28 18 5 45
9 Madura United 34 10 11 13 45 43 17 4 5 8 23 27 17 6 6 5 22 16 2 41
10 PS TNI 34 10 10 14 49 48 17 5 7 5 28 24 17 5 3 9 21 24 1 40
11 Persik Kediri 33 9 12 12 32 36 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 3 7 7 12 19 -4 39
12 Persita 33 9 12 12 39 46 16 4 5 7 18 22 17 5 7 5 21 24 -7 39
13 PSM 33 8 14 11 31 40 17 5 7 5 15 19 16 3 7 6 16 21 -9 38
14 PSS Sleman 33 9 9 15 38 48 17 6 6 5 23 22 16 3 3 10 15 26 -10 36
15 Barito Putera 33 9 8 16 40 48 16 3 3 10 17 25 17 6 5 6 23 23 -8 35
16 Persipura 33 9 9 15 33 47 17 4 5 8 13 22 16 5 4 7 20 25 -14 33
17 Persela 34 3 12 19 32 61 17 3 5 9 17 29 17 0 7 10 15 32 -29 21
18 Persiraja Banda Aceh 34 2 7 25 18 69 17 1 4 12 9 32 17 1 3 13 9 37 -51 13

Table
  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 33 22 6 5 54 25 17 10 4 3 30 16 16 12 2 2 24 9 29 72
2 Persib 33 20 8 5 47 21 17 7 5 5 18 14 16 13 3 0 29 7 26 68
3 Bhayangkara 34 19 9 6 48 27 17 10 3 4 25 16 17 9 6 2 23 11 21 66
4 Persebaya Surabaya 33 18 9 6 55 33 16 10 3 3 27 14 17 8 6 3 28 19 22 63
5 Arema 33 17 11 5 43 25 16 5 9 2 19 13 17 12 2 3 24 12 18 62
6 Borneo 33 13 10 10 41 34 17 7 6 4 23 17 16 6 4 6 18 17 7 49
7 PSIS Semarang 34 11 13 10 35 34 17 5 5 7 16 18 17 6 8 3 19 16 1 46
8 Persija 33 11 12 10 43 38 16 4 4 8 15 20 17 7 8 2 28 18 5 45
9 Madura United 34 10 11 13 45 43 17 4 5 8 23 27 17 6 6 5 22 16 2 41
10 PS TNI 34 10 10 14 49 48 17 5 7 5 28 24 17 5 3 9 21 24 1 40
11 Persik Kediri 33 9 12 12 32 36 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 3 7 7 12 19 -4 39
12 Persita 33 9 12 12 39 46 16 4 5 7 18 22 17 5 7 5 21 24 -7 39
13 PSM 33 8 14 11 31 40 17 5 7 5 15 19 16 3 7 6 16 21 -9 38
14 PSS Sleman 33 9 9 15 38 48 17 6 6 5 23 22 16 3 3 10 15 26 -10 36
15 Barito Putera 33 9 8 16 40 48 16 3 3 10 17 25 17 6 5 6 23 23 -8 35
16 Persipura 33 9 9 15 33 47 17 4 5 8 13 22 16 5 4 7 20 25 -14 33
17 Persela 34 3 12 19 32 61 17 3 5 9 17 29 17 0 7 10 15 32 -29 21
18 Persiraja Banda Aceh 34 2 7 25 18 69 17 1 4 12 9 32 17 1 3 13 9 37 -51 13

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