Super League Results: Persebaya Silence Persita 1-0

JAKARTA Persebaya Surabaya managed to recover from a bad result in the first Super League match of the 2025/2026 season to beat the host Persita Tangerang 1-0 on Saturday, August 16, 2025.

The only goal from the team nicknamed Bajul Ijo was at the Indomilk Arena Stadium netted by Francisco Rivera when the first half had been running for 23 minutes.

The Mexican broke into Igor Rodrigues' goal after continuing Catur Pamungkas' pass which made a solo run from the left side of the opponent's defense before sending the ball from inside the penalty box.

Persita, who received support from the audience, got several golden opportunities, one of which was Rayco Rodriguez's volley five minutes after the visitors' goal, but still hit the bar.

Andrejic Aleksa also had the opportunity to equalize the score in the middle of the second half. Unfortunately, his effort with a header was still wide from Ernando Ari's goal mouth.

Persebaya also wasted one golden opportunity with a normal time of ten minutes remaining through Bruno Moreira. In the one-on-one position, the Brazilian's effort can still be denied by the opposing goalkeeper.

After that Hokky Caraka almost helped his team get points when the normal game was two minutes remaining. However, his header still deviated slightly from the visitors' goal mouth.

Persebaya previously opened the 2025/2026 Super League season with defeat when playing host to PSIM Yogyakarta on Friday last week.

On the other hand, this result adds to Persita's suffering. Carlos totaling's squad previously lost 0-4 when they traveled to Persija Jakarta headquarters in the first week of the Super League.