Persita will aim to utilise their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 19 points behind Arema.
- Persita have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Liga 1
- Arema have the most clean sheets (13) in Liga 1
There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they performed in a Liga 1 match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at PS TNI.
Persita form and stats
The complete Liga 1 results playing at home this season for Persita are 4-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Persita, facing PS TNI in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that match, a win away at Persiraja Banda Aceh.Persita are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at PSM awaits in four days.
Persita has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, Persita have conceded 17 goals.
Arema form and stats
Arema have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 9-2-1 from 12 games. Things are running smoothly for Arema who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 21 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against PSS Sleman.
Arema delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Persiraja Banda Aceh (placed 18th) in their previous match.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Persija.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Madura United in just four days.
Arema are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Arema as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Arema - Persita 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Persita zero wins, two draws and Arema six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Santos Fortes 13 goals |  H. Cardoso de Oliveira 6 goals | I. Maulana 5 goals |
Persita missing players
Arema missing players
| Persita | Arema | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 31 |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 83% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 50% | 58% |
| 58% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | 12% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 4% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 42% | 46% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 58% | 54% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 8% | 17% |
| 4 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.5 | 9.7 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 11.2 | 9.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 43% | 47% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | 39% |
| 11.1 | 10.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
- Arema have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Arema have the most clean sheets (13) in Liga 1
- Persita have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Persita have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Liga 1
- Persita haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arema | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 49 |
| 2 | Bhayangkara | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Bali United | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 4 | Persib | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 46 |
| 5 | Persebaya Surabaya | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 45 |
| 6 | Borneo | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 7 | Persija | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | PSIS Semarang | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Persik Kediri | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Persita | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Madura United | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 29 |
| 12 | PSM | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | PSS Sleman | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | PS TNI | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | Barito Putera | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -13 | 22 |
| 16 | Persipura | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 17 | Persela | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Persiraja Banda Aceh | 25 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -36 | 12 |
