League 1 2024/2025 Results: Flood Goals In Arema And Persik Victory

Arema FC managed to secure three points when hosting PSBS Biak (Instagram/@aremafcofficial).

JAKARTA - Week 16 of Liga 1 2024/2025 on Saturday, December 21, 2024, afternoon WIB, presents two parties, namely Arema vs PSBS Biak and Persik Kediri vs Semen Padang.

Each team that acted as the host won. Both matches were flooded with goals.

Arema managed to beat her visitors with a score of 3-2, while Persik silenced Semen Padang 3-1.

In the Arema vs PSBS match, the host received fierce resistance from the visitors at the Gelora Soeprijadi Stadium, Blitar. Singo Edan only managed to open the scoring in the 27th minute.

Salim Tuhaera entered the scoreboard with his action past a number of players before opening fire in the penalty box.

Three minutes later, PSBS Biak was able to equalize to 1-1 through Abel Arganaraz's goal. Arganaraz's shot turned after hitting Arema's back in the leg to outwit goalkeeper Lucas Frigeri.

However, the results of the series did not last long. Dalberto made Singo Edan return to the lead with his slick actions.

He passed PSBS team-back then sent a measured shot to outwit the opposing goalkeeper. The 2-1 score lasted until the break.

In the second half, Arema managed to widen the advantage to 3-1 in the 53rd minute. This goal was born thanks to the execution of Charles Lokolingoy's penalty.

Six minutes later, an incident occurred in which Lucas Frigeri was given a red card for committing a gross foul in the penalty box.

Frigeri's right-footed was caught crashing into Alexandro's body in a one-on-one duel in the penalty box.

Initially, the referee gave Frigeri a red card. However, the decision was disallowed after he reviewed via VAR. However, penalties are still awarded to PSBS.

Unfortunately, PSBS failed to take advantage of that opportunity. Frigeri managed to read the direction of the ball to save Alexandro's penalty.

However, PSBS Biak did not give up. Their efforts resulted in a second goal in the 87th minute through Muhammad Tahir.

The 3-2 score for Arema closed the match. PSBS, which aggressively pressed the hosts in the remaining minutes, failed to equalize.

Shifting to another party between Persik vs Semen Padang at Brawijaya Stadium. This match is no less hot because it is colored by a red card and the host's comeback action.

The White Tiger was surprised first by Kenneth Ikechukwu's goal in the 17th minute. He took advantage of a cross before sending a header to a far post that goalkeeper Leonardo Navacchio found difficult to reach.

After being left behind, Persik was more aggressive in pressing, but no one produced a goal until the first half normal time was only five minutes.

In the 40th minute the disaster came for Semen Padang, who was winning 1-0. They had to play with 10 people because Gala Pagamo was given a red card.

Persik took advantage of the advantage of the number of players in the second half. They can equalize in the 53rd minute.

Brendon Lucas' header received a corner that failed to be blocked by goalkeeper Semen Padang. With a score of 1-1, Persik controlled the rest of the match.

Their continuous pressure paid off in the 68th minute when Ze Valente successfully executed the penalty. The penalty was born from Kim Min-gyu's handball.

It didn't stop there, Ezra Walian was getting more and more injured by Semen Padang. In injury time his long-range shot slid hard to bring Persik to a 3-1 win.

This result made Arema move up to fifth in the 2024/2025 Liga 1 standings with 25 points from 16 matches. Persik also rose to ninth with 24 points.

Meanwhile PSBS are stuck in 11th position with 22 points and Semen Padang has not moved from the red zone with only 10 points collected.