Persib Bandung Advances To Championship Series, Persija Has A Role To Open The Way

Persib is currently in second place in the Regular Series Liga 1 2023/2024 (doc. Persib).

JAKARTA - Persib Bandung is certain to step into the Championship Series. This certainty cannot be separated from the appearance of Persija Jakarta which helped pave the way for Maung Bandung.

Persija Jakarta is scheduled to host Persis Solo in the 31st week of Liga 1 2023/2024. At the performance at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Senayan, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, the host won 1-0.

This victory made Persija Jakarta collect 41 points which made them safe from the threat of relegation.

Meanwhile, Arema FC, which is now ranked 16th (the top net of the relegation zone) with 31 points, is no longer possible to catch Persija's figure.

Seeing the number of points that Persija has collected, they will certainly not be able to penetrate the Championship Series. You see, Madura United is in fourth position and has collected 50 points.

Persija's victory also ensured that Persib, which is now in second place, will certainly lock up a Championship Series. The 56-point score makes it impossible for Maung Bandung to be chased by Persis Solo (in eighth place) who is now collecting 44 points.

Before being defeated by Persija, Persis still had the opportunity to displace Persib with a maximum point of 56 and lead head-to-head.

However, on the other hand, other competitors, namely PSIS Semarang and Dewa United, are also impossible to displace Persib because both of them also lost head-to-head to Bojan Hodak's team.

Both PSIS and Dewa United can indeed get a maximum of 56 points, the same as the current Persib collection, but Liga 1 2023/2024 Regular Series still has three matches left.

Maung Bandung actually only needed one draw from the remaining three matches to lock the second place in the Regular Series as well as a ticket to the Championship Series.

Meanwhile, the third and fourth place, aka the last two tickets to the Championship Series, could still be contested by seven teams.

Bali United and Madura United, which are now on the third and fourth stairs, can still be evicted by PSIS, Dewa United, Persik Kediri, Persis, and Barito Putera in the remaining three competition matches.

Bali United now packs 52 points and Madura United collects 50 points.

Barito Putera (the ninth place) who is at the bottom of the race for the top four is now packing 42 points. Laskar Antasari can get a maximum of 51 points.

The last three weeks of Liga 1 2023/2024 will be hot. In addition to the seven teams still fighting for two tickets to the Championship Series, six other teams are struggling to secure themselves from the pursuit of the relegation zone.

Persikabo 1973 will be the only team that will definitely be thrown into League 2 next season. Meanwhile, Arema FC and Bhayangkara FC still have a chance to get out of the red zone.

Then, the other four teams above the relegation zone are not safe yet. They still have the possibility of falling into the ravine of relegation in the remaining three matches.

Persebaya Surabaya, PSS Sleman, RANS Nusantara, and Persita Tangerang are anxious.

The reason is, Arema can still pass the Persebaya points (12th place) which are now packing 39 points.

Bajul Ijo is the top team in the list of participants who are threatened with relegation. They are threatened by Singo Edan who has a maximum chance of getting 40 points.