Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Persipal (5th, 22 pts) and Persewar (8th, -4 pts). Recent form told a different story for Persewar: only 20th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Persewar ran at 1.14 scored and 2.21 conceded, Persipal at 1.29 and 1.29.
Persewar arrived off eight straight defeats. The last-five ledger: Persewar 0/15, Persipal 7/15.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Persewar, 3 for Persipal and 1 drawn, at 4 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 80% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 100% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
On the scoreboard, Persipal led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.