It's early days in the Liga 2 and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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 Sulut United and Mitra Kukar.
Sulut United form and stats
Sulut United have played 1 game at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).Sulut United's last game was hosting Mitra Kukar and winning 2-1. Before that, Sulut United played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Persatu Tuban.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sulut United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sulut United as a small favourite), we find one game. Sulut United has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.
Sulut United has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game.
Mitra Kukar form and stats
Mitra Kukar have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats were 1 victory, 2 draws and 14 defeats from 17 fixtures. Bitter travels for Mitra Kukar as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the PSMS.It might be tough going out on the road again for Mitra Kukar, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Sulut United. Before that, Mitra Kukar secured a home win against PSIM Yogyakarta with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Mitra Kukar in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Mitra Kukar, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
1 goal so far away for Mitra Kukar, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Sulut United and Mitra Kukar have met before this season: Sulut United - Mitra Kukar 2-1. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 1 - 0 - 0 (Sulut United wins - draws - Mitra Kukar wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Sulut United missing players
Mitra Kukar missing players
| Sulut United | Mitra Kukar | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 9 | 6.7 |
| 7 | 9 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22-06-19 | | Madura | 1 - 0 | Sulut United |
| 27-06-19 | | Persatu Tuban | 1 - 1 | Sulut United |
| 02-07-19 | | Sulut United | 2 - 1 | Mitra Kukar |
| 07-07-19 | | Sulut United | 08:30 | Persiba Balikpapan |
| 19-07-19 | | Sulut United | 08:30 | Martapura |
| 24-07-19 | | Sulut United | 08:30 | PSBS Biak Numfor |
| 29-07-19 | | Persis Solo | 08:30 | Sulut United |
| 03-08-19 | | Sulut United | 08:30 | PSIM Yogyakarta |
| 11-03-19 | | Mitra Kukar | 1 - 2 | Bhayangkara |
| 14-03-19 | | Semen Padang | 2 - 0 | Mitra Kukar |
| 22-06-19 | | Mitra Kukar | 0 - 0 | Persis Solo |
| 26-06-19 | | Mitra Kukar | 1 - 0 | PSIM Yogyakarta |
| 02-07-19 | | Sulut United | 2 - 1 | Mitra Kukar |
| 07-07-19 | | Persewar | 08:30 | Mitra Kukar |
| 14-07-19 | | Mitra Kukar | 08:30 | Madura |
| 24-07-19 | | Mitra Kukar | 08:30 | Persik Kediri |
| 29-07-19 | | Martapura | 08:30 | Mitra Kukar |
| 03-08-19 | | PSBS Biak Numfor | 08:30 | Mitra Kukar |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Persik Kediri | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Persiba Balikpapan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Persewar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Martapura | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Madura | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Mitra Kukar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Sulut United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Persatu Tuban | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Persis Solo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | PSIM Yogyakarta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 11 | PSBS Biak Numfor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |