Liga 1 2024/2025 Results: Persija Steals Three Points At Arema Kandang

Persija fought for three points at Arema's home in the ninth week of Liga 1 2024/2025 (Instagram/@persija).

JAKARTA - Persija Jakarta managed to take three points when visiting Arema headquarters, Soeprijadi Stadium, Blitar, in the ninth week of Liga 1 2024/2025, Saturday, October 26, 2024, WIB night.

The Kemayoran Tigers won 2-1 through goals from Marko Simic and Hanif Sjahbandi. While the hosts can only score one goal through Dalberto's goal.

Both teams have played openly from the start. However, the finishing of the attack was ineffective and resulted in a loss of the ball for both teams.

A new golden opportunity was created in the 20th minute. Arema had the opportunity to open the scoring through Dalberto, but his shot in front of goal after receiving a low cross was pushed over by Andritany Ardhiyasa.

When engrossed in attacking, Singo Edan made his defense easy to exploit Persija's counter-attack.

In the aftermath, in the 24th minute, the Kemayoran Tigers could open the scoring through Marko Simic. He took advantage of Syaeful Anwar's imperfect sweep and finished a wild ball with a volley.

Left behind by one goal, Arema began to aggressively threaten Persija's defense. Two minutes after Simic's goal, Arkhan Fikri's long-range shot almost equalized because it was still narrowly wide.

Arema got another golden opportunity in the 38th minute. However, Dalberto failed to cheat the ball at the empty far post.

The goal that Singo Edan was waiting for only arrived in the 43rd minute. Starting from Johan Alfarizi's silan bait, Andritany's edge was not perfect and was immediately struck by Dalberto to make it 1-1. The score lasted until halftime.

Entering the second half, Persija did not want to be pressed continuously. They can also dominate possession at the beginning of the second half.

It didn't take long, in the 55th minute, Hanif Sjahbandi made the Kemayoran Tigers again superior.

After that advantage, Persija practically defended more considering Arema continued to press for an equalizer.

However, until injury time, there was no significant opportunity from the host. In fact, Persija, who took advantage of the counter-attack, almost kept the advantage away.

Witan Sulaeman, for example, who entered the second half, managed to trick goalkeeper Lucas Frigeri.

The ball was already sliding in the right direction. However, before crossing the goal line, Pablo Oiveira was able to catch the ball and sweep it to thwart the goal.

No more goals were created until the game was over. Persija is now in sixth place with a collection of 15 points. While Arema is ranked 12th with 12 points.