Match Report
12 points and 6 places separated them: Persela 11th with 44, Semen Padang 17th with 32. Persela had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Per game in the league, Persela were scoring 1.38 and conceding 1.32, Semen Padang 0.94 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.37 goals per team per game.
Persela were unbeaten in 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Persela against 5/15 for Semen Padang.
Stadion Surajaya, capacity 16,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Persela: R. Abiyoso (53'), M. Risaldi (80')
Key stats
Possession: Persela 55% · Semen Padang 45% · On target: 6-4 · Corners: 7-2