Barito Putera vs Persija Jakarta
In the opening match of Liga 1 Indonesia earlier this week, Barito Putera was immediately confronted with last season’s defending champions, Persija Jakarta and the match will be held at the Stadium May 17 Banjarmasin. Fighting Persija Jakarta is indeed a distinctive sensation, this also sees from their last 10 meetings where Barito Putera picked 4 wins while Persija Jakarta won 5 and 1 match left in a draw.
Their head to head shows that Barito Putera and Persija Jakarta have balanced strength. For Barito, their son who was fortunate to have a great optimism at home to get a victory in this match, this was also confirmed by the coach Jacksen F Tiago who was not afraid of the status of Persija Jakarta. “I am six years with Persipura and playing at the Asian level and all of them I think is normal for every opponent and there is nothing better,” Jacksen said.
On the Persija side of Jakarta, they have 2 key players who are shining, Marco Simic and also midfielder Bruno Matos. Estimates of the composition of players from the Persija Jakarta camp are likely: Andretany; Dany Saputra, Maman, Paulle, Ismed Sofiyan; Rohit Chand, Ramdani Lestaluhu, Bruno Matos; Novri Setiawan, Riko Simanjuntak, Marko Simic. As for Barito Putera: Yoo Jaehon; Andri Ibo, Arthur, Donny, Lucas, Nazar, Bayu, Gavin Kwan Adsit, Paulo Sitanggang, Rizky Pora, Yakob.
Interestingly, from Barito Putera, although the names of the players they have are less popular than the Persija players in Jakarta. But what cannot escape the attention is when Barito Putera plays at home, where they are one of the teams that often win when playing in front of their own supporters even the last 3 home matches against Persija Jakarta always win. The possibility of Persija Jakarta narrowly lost.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.63