Madura Vs Persib League 1 Preview: The Hot Match Marks The Start Of The Second Half Season

JAKARTA - Madura United will host Persib Bandung in the 18th week of Liga 1 2023/2024. This big match started the second round of Indonesia's highest caste.

The duel between the two teams will take place at the Gelora Bangkalan Stadium, Madura, East Java, Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 19.00 WIB. This clash is interesting because both teams are currently competing at the top of the standings.

Madura, who will act as host of the match, temporarily sit in third place, while Persib is one place above them.

However, the collection of points for both teams is the same, 31 out of 17 matches. It's just that Maung Bandung has the right to second place because he is ahead of the goal difference over the team nicknamed Laskar Sape Kerrab.

Persib started a disappointing start to the season before rising at the end of the first half of the season. In five games before half of this season, they even won four and drew one.

They got these four wins in a row against Bhayangkara FC, Persita Tangerang, Persebaya Surabaya, and PSS Sleman. Meanwhile, one of their series results got during a clash with Borneo.

On the other hand, Madura United has experienced a decline in recent matches. In the five most recent matches before this, they even only collected five points.

The five points they got from the results of the series against PSS Sleman and Arema and the victory over PSM Makassar. The two defeats in that time span were against Borneo and Dewa United.

Despite these statistics, the tight positions of the two teams in the standings made their meeting interesting. Moreover, the first meeting of the two teams of seasons at home to Persib ended with the same score as strong, 1-1.

Formation Estimated

Madura United (4-4-2): Wawan Hendrawan; Koko Ari, Fachrudin Aryanto, Cleberson, Guntur Ariyadi; Jacob Mahler, Lulinha, Jaja, Francisco Rivera; Malik Risadi, Junior Brandao

Coach: Mauricio Souza

Persib Bandung (4-3-3): Teja Paku Alam; Putu Gede Juni Antara, Alberto Rodriguez, Nick Kuipers, Rezaldi Hehanussa; Levy Madinda, Dedi Kusnandar, Beckham Putra; Ciro Alves, Frets Butuan, David da Silva

Coach: Bojan Hodak