Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Borneo 6th with 52 points, Persela 17th with 21, 31 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Borneo 1.26 scored and 1.03 conceded per game, Persela 0.94 and 1.79, with the league averaging 1.21.
Persela had gone 15 games without a win.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 3 for Borneo, 2 for Persela and 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Stadion Kapten I Wayan Dipta in Bali (capacity 31,700). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Borneo led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.