Persija Jakarta vs Shan United
Persija Jakarta will host Shan United in the final matchday of the Group G AD Cup on Wednesday (15/05) at Bung Karno Stadium. Although he has no hope of qualifying, Persija will still target victory in this match.
Persija appeared disappointing in the AFC Cup this season. Joining together with Shan United, Ceres and Binh Duong, Persija were only able to win 1 victory from the 5 games they played. As a result, Persija had to settle for sitting in third place with a score of 4 points and hopes to be able to penetrate the next round had vanished, given the current distance with Binh Duong in second place is 6 points adrift.
Shan United is worse, this Myanmar team even has not been able to reach points from the 5 games they have played. Not only hope to qualify for the next round that vanished, even the hope of Shan United to be able to finish in a better position was gone.
The results in this match are no longer decisive for the two teams, but for Persija they still have to win. Their fanatical supporters clearly don’t want to see their favorite team lose, especially in the previous match against Binh Duong, Persija fans had protested to the players because of the poor performance of Rico Simanjuntak et al.
The chance for Persija to close their steps in this competition is quite open. Apart from playing at home, the quality of Persija is still better than Shan United. In his last match on Saturday (04/05) then Persija successfully arrested Bali United with a score of 1-0 from the Indonesian Cup stage. This victory will certainly give an injection of more confidence for Persija.
One thing Persija has to watch out for is a matter of match fitness. The lack of competition that Persija has followed so far has made it difficult for communication between players. While Shan United, the Myanmar League competition itself has been running since a few months ago. Shan United itself is currently topping the standings in their last game they successfully beat Yangon United with a score of 2-1.
Our Prediction: 1