Barito Putera vs PSIS Semarang Prediction: My Wager Is For Under 2.5 Goals

Barito Putera will play against PSIS Semarang as the seventeenth matchday of the Indonesian Liga 1 comes to a quick close. The drag slurs from the bottom of the league table, with the two squads bickering on the pitch, hoping to climb towards the mid table section. I will bring the best betting tips for this game, with the player form, team performance on familiar and strange turfs.

Barito Putera (15th)

Recent Form: D-L-D-L-L

The last five league plays for this team produced three losses and two stalemates. Barito’s defences are in a total wreck, seeing as the side tags as the third worst goal-conceding team in the league. Their home run speaks of six consecutive losses, with two goals in the wake.

If the attacking modus operandi of the team fails, they may be hinged on a consecutive third loss, having dropped points to Persib Bandung in the 2-1 scoreline, and 3-2 against PSM Makassar.

PSIS Semarang (13th)

Recent Form: W-D-W-L-L

Semarang has two win, one stalemates and two losses in the last five league games, compiling seven points. Recent pitch exhibitions points to the fact that they may need a revisit to the drawing board, as they have conceded goals in the last five league games. Manager Bernardo Tavares’s patience with Gero and Santoso runs thin, with very little separating them from the bottom table dwellers. If the team can effect clearances, without giving the ball away, they may curtail losses, which may in turn boost the team towards better league spots. 

Barito Putera vs PSIS Semarang

Expert Betting Tip

For games like this, the goals expected are very few, with the shabbiness of these teams worthy of wagering. I expect very little from Semarang, who have barely made points off their league run.

My Prediction: Barito Putera 2-0 PSIS Semarang

Betting Tips

• Under 2.5 (Bet365 1.70 odds): Although I expect Barito to be the last side happy at full-time., I don't expect their victory to come easy in any way;
• BTTS - NO (Betway 1.78 odds) - I pick this option strongly because Barito has not conceded a goal on their home turf recently;
• Victory for Barito Putera In Both Halves (1xbet 3.25 odds): This seems to be the most logical prediction, as the hosts are the more dominat side, despite their current standings.