Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: PSMS (3rd, 24 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Persih Tembilahan (11th, 3 pts). Persih Tembilahan had been under-performing their position — 151st on five-round form against 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Persih Tembilahan were scoring 0.38 and conceding 3.46, PSMS 1.29 and 0.64, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
Persih Tembilahan had been beaten in seven straight games. From the last five rounds, Persih Tembilahan held 0 points of 15 and PSMS 6.
Stadion Beringin Indragiri in Tembilahan staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000.