Match Report
Persik Kediri went into the game 9th in the table on 48 points; RANS Nusantara sat 16th on 35 — a 13-point gap. The last five rounds placed Persik Kediri no better than 15th for form, against 9th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.44 goals per team per game, Persik Kediri ran at 1.71 scored and 1.62 conceded, RANS Nusantara at 1.06 and 1.53.
RANS Nusantara had been beaten in three straight games. Recent form was uneven: 7/15 points for Persik Kediri, 1/15 for RANS Nusantara.
Stadion Brawijaya in Kediri, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. With 26 matches recorded and 2.5 yellow cards per game, R. Permana Putra was the man in the middle. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 5 goals for the 4-3 full-time score.