Barito Putera vs Persib Bandung Prediction: Pile Your Cards Behind The In-Form Visitors Who Have Not Lost In Fourteen Games!

The Antasari Warriors of Barito Putera will be cornered again on this pitch as the Bandung Tigers continue climbing to the top table. The visitors' unbeaten run mitigates the hosts' mediocrity, whose league ambitions for the season look gloomy.

Follow my concise breakdown of the team’s recent form, in-form players and goal projection.

Barito Putera’s run of inferiority shifts them far from expected placements, with a string of losses and sour stalemates in their wake. The ordinariness continues at home — with four losses and a jamlocked tie in five recent home plays, with two goals from the team.

The squad's problem lies in the attack by L. Morellato and E. Runtukahu, who have been docile against opposing squads. With its laid-back approach, the midfield focuses play in the centre instead of the flanks. If the midfield pulls strength in the flanks and the defences push against fatigue in opposing counterattack situations, they may be able to curtail more of their excesses.

The Bandung Tigers' style of play sharply contrasts the hosting outfit with a confrontational assault on the flanks, the attacking theme of the play. Their undebatable brilliance in the league projects the team with the headlining prestige of not having registered a loss since the season’s inception.

Away from home, the team runs with three wins and one stalemate in their last four games, with nine goals in their path.

The team needs to play as they have done without falling into the suicidal trap of underestimation, and other factors should fall in place for victory or decency to be assured.

• Persib Bandung has neither lost any game since the season began.
• The last two meetings between the sides produced a redundant 1-1 scoreline.
• Barito has scored against Persib in the last three meetings, which has produced two stalemates and one win in their favour.

The lacklustre nature of Barito’s midfield, combined with the strikers' second-guessing upfront, casts doubtful shadows on the team. Last week, for example, they played a 1-1 tie against Dewa United, where the odds against them were suppressed upon their second-half equaliser, as against the prior 3-0 loss to PSBS Biak Numfor the previous week, where their attacking efforts yielded nothing productive.

For Persib, there is so much talent in the squad, with the team registering at least a goal in every game since Matchday 1. The outstanding feature of this team is their ability to cook, intensify, and apply pressure consistently until the opponent eventually breaks. Also, as illustrated, the focus is to out-possess, outplay, and out-score their challengers—evident in the 2-1 away win against PSS Sleman last two weeks and the 2-0 home victory secured against Malut United last week.

Prediction: Barito 1 - 2 Persib Bandung

• Victory for Persib Bandung (1xbet 1.60 odds) – This choice leads the pack because of the ravaging form for the visitors, who may have tied against Barito previously, but the recent form projection tilts towards an away win at full-time.
• Over 2.5 goals (Bet365 1.90 odds) – This is because we expect goals from the visiting team and a probable return from the hosts.
• BTTS (Betway 1.84 odds) – The hosts have shown great spirit against Persib in recent times, leaving a slight indication of a possible tendency of both teams to register goals.