Match Report
The table gap was wide: 22 points between PSIM Yogyakarta (2nd, 29 pts) and Persikas (9th, 7 pts). Persikas ranked just 21st in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Persikas were scoring 0.63 and conceding 2.81, PSIM Yogyakarta 1.75 and 0.44, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Eight consecutive defeats weighed on Persikas. PSIM Yogyakarta were unbeaten in 6. From the last five rounds, Persikas held 0 points of 15 and PSIM Yogyakarta 11.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.




