League Results 1: PSIS Beat PSM 2-1, Arema Silence PSS Sleman

JAKARTA - PSIS Semarang successfully secured a narrow 2-1 victory over PSM Makassar in the 2023/2024 Indonesian League 1 continued match at Jatidiri Stadium, Semarang, Saturday 30 September.

The two decisive goals for the hosts' victory were scored in the first half. Paulo Gali opened the scoring in the 29th minute before Vitinho doubled the lead six minutes later.

From the opposing team, Kenzo Nambu scored a single goal in the 66th minute. The Japanese player broke into the opponent's goal after maximizing Muhammad Arfan's pass.

This victory made PSIS move up to third in the standings with a collection of 24 points from 14 matches. They are one point adrift of Borneo and three points from Madura United who are in the top two places.

Borneo FC and Madura themselves have not played week 14 yet. The two teams will fight for each other's top standings when they face each other on Sunday.

In another match, a win with the same score was also secured by Arema FC when they hosted PSS Sleman. This result prolongs PSS' suffering to five matches without a win (2 defeats and three draws).

This victory makes Arema's position in the standings not change much. The team nicknamed Singo Edan still occupies the relegation zone with Persikabo and Bhayangkara with a collection of 13 points.

Meanwhile, in other matches, Persebaya Surabaya got the results of the series when away to Dewa United. Persebaya was able to bring points even though he played with ten players towards the end of the first half.