Liga 1 2024/2025 Results: Persib Continues Good Record, Wins Against Malut United

JAKARTA - Persib Bandung managed to get three points when they hosted Malut United in the 14th week of Liga 1 2024/2025 at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api, Friday, December 13, 2024, WIB night.

Two goals in the second half scored by Ciro Alves and David da Silva gave Maung Bandung a 2-0 win over his guest.

North Maluku United was able to play Persib's open game from the early minutes of the match. Both teams responded to each other's attacks to find the opening goal.

In fact, North Maluku United hit Maung United's defense at the end of the first half. A number of opportunities were created, but none of them paid off.

Both teams closed the first half goalless.

Continuing to the second half, Persib dominated possession in order to break the deadlock. In the end, it only took them eight minutes to break into the visitors' goal.

Ciro Alves entered the scoreboard in the 53rd minute after his head kick could not be blocked by goalkeeper Muhammad Fahri.

The goal started from a corner kick situation taken by Marc Klok. The wild ball was greeted by Gustavo Moreno de Franca with a header that actually led to the goal.

However, the ball was stopped by Ciro with chest control and immediately dropped the body to shoot.

Winning one goal made Bojan Hodak's team play more comfortably. They are more fluid to control more balls.

As a result, 11 minutes after the first goal, Persib kept his distance. David da Silva contributed goals after getting a fine through from Tyronne.

David da Silva calmly beat Fahri in a one-on-one situation.

The two-digit distance made the host relax the pressure. The situation was used by North Maluku United to reduce the gap.

It's just that, until normal time runs out, their chances fail to bear fruit. In six minutes of injury time, North Maluku United actually beat Persib's defense.

The visitors even had time to score a goal through Victor Mansaray who deflected Yakob Sayuri's kick with a backheel.

However, the referee disallowed the goal because Mansaray was in an offside position when he received the ball from Yakob Sayuri.

There was no change in the score until the game was over. Persib continues to stick to Persebaya which is at the top of the standings.

Maung Bandung has 29 points and is four points clear of Bajul Ijo. In addition, Persib's slick record of never losing 13 parties is still ongoing.

Meanwhile, North Maluku United are ranked 11th in the standings with a collection of 18 points.