Cisadane Warriors Look Impressive, Persita Beat Madura United 1-0 At Home

Il;ustration of the Madura United vs Persita match in Pamkeasan (photo: x @Persitajuara)

PAMEKASAN - Persita Tangerang managed to win a narrow 1-0 victory over Madura United in the 3rd week of Liga 1 which took place at the Gelora Madura Ratu Pamelingan Stadium, Saturday afternoon, August 24. The single goal in this match was scored by Marios Ogboe in the 71st minute, bringing Persita home with three full points.

The match was quite tight from the start, with both teams trying to find a gap to score goals. Despite playing at home, Madura United struggled to penetrate the solid defense demonstrated by Persita. Attack after attack from Madura United continued to be countered by Persita's back line which appeared disciplined.

In the second half, the pressure from Madura United increased, but it was Persita who managed to take advantage of the opportunity through Marios Ogboe. The Persita striker managed to take advantage of the mistakes in Madura United's back line to score the only goal in this match.

With this result, Madura United had to lose again after previously losing to Barito Putera in the second week of matches. Meanwhile, Persita continued to show their impressive performance at the beginning of this season, after previously winning over PSIS Semarang and Bali United.

This victory brought Persita up to the top of the League 1 standings, while Madura United still had to struggle to get out of the bottom after picking up just one point from three matches.

Madura United is now ranked 13th in the League 1 standings with one point from three matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 loses, the difference in goal -2). Meanwhile, Persita moved up to second in the standings with seven points from three matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 0 loss, goal difference +2), equaling Persebaya Surabaya's points at the top of the standings with the same goal difference.