Match Report
Persikabo 1973, 18th on 20 points, faced an 18-point deficit to Arema (15th, 38). Arema's recent output outran their position: 9th on form over five rounds, 15th in the table. Per game in the league, Persikabo 1973 were scoring 1.29 and conceding 2.18, Arema 1.24 and 1.76, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Persikabo 1973 had not won in 8 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Persikabo 1973 against 9/15 for Arema.
7 meetings are on record — 0 won by Persikabo 1973, 5 by Arema, 2 drawn, at 1.86 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 29% of meetings won. Historically tight: 29% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Stadion Sultan Agung in Bantul, with room for 25,550 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.