Persija Jakarta vs Bali United
Persija Jakarta will host Bali Utd Pusam in Week 19 of League 1 of Indonesia. The match was held on Thursday (19/9) at Bekasi Patriot Stadium. The host tries to maintain points against the temporary top occupants.
Persija Jakarta just won last Sunday (15/9) when entertaining PSIS Semarang with the same role. This time they drove through a Marko Simic penalty (45 + 3 ‘) and a goal donated by Rohit Chand (53’), while Mahesa Jenar’s retaliatory goal was created from the actions of Septian David Maulana (63 ‘). With this result, Persija Jakarta moved up to 15th with 17 points.
On the other hand, Bali Utd Pusam can only achieve 0-0 draws when they travel to Bhayangkara FC. Nevertheless, they still controlled the peak comfortably, within 7 points of TIRA Persikabo in second.
Tomorrow’s game will be full of emotion for Bali coach Utd Pusam, Stefano Cugurra, who was able to handle Persija Jakarta. However, the man who is familiarly called Teco revealed that he still respects all elements of the Kemayoran Tiger, including the players, the coaching team, management, and Jak Mania.
In the first clash this season, Serdadu Tridatu won 1-0 when appearing as host. Regarding tomorrow’s game, they are quite optimistic to win because last week’s draw made them never lose in 4 matches away, precisely with 3 consecutive wins and 1 draw.
That record should be enough to steal the numbers at the Patriot, especially if the weekend party then made Persija Jakarta just reap 2 wins in the last 6 home games. Chances are, Bali Utd Pusam can bring full points in this match.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.93