Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Persita (10th, 45 pts) and Semen Padang (17th, 20 pts). Persita's recent output lagged their position: 15th on form over five rounds while 10th in the table. Per game in the league, Semen Padang were scoring 0.65 and conceding 1.91, Persita 1.12 and 1.09, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Semen Padang for 5 matches. The last-five ledger: Semen Padang 2/15, Persita 10/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Semen Padang wins, 2 for Persita, 0 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 100% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Stadion GOR Haji Agus Salim, with room for 20,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Semen Padang: Diego Maurício (90')
Key stats
Possession: Semen Padang 57% · Persita 43% · Total shots: 12-6 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 6-2