Persib Bandung vs Viettel 1-0

Persib Bandung beat Viettel 1-0 in Bandung, with Mariano Peralta Bauer's 45th-minute penalty deciding the match before the break. Both sides finished with 10 men after second-half dismissals.

The only goal came in the 45th minute, when Mariano Peralta Bauer scored from the spot for Persib Bandung to make it 1-0. That was the half-time score as Persib took a lead they held to the end.

Viettel made a change at the interval, sending on Junior Brandão for rimario gordon, who had been booked on 44 minutes. Persib also changed at the break, with Patricio Matricardi replacing Kakang Rudianto. Viettel then lost Paulinho Curuá to a second yellow and a red on 67 minutes, while Persib responded with three changes on 69 minutes, as Luka Menalo, Adam Alis Setyano and Balsa Sekulic came on for Berguinho da Silva, Luciano Guaycochea and the scorer Mariano Peralta Bauer. Marc Klok was sent off for Persib on 74 minutes, and Viettel used two more substitutions after that, with Hernandes Rodrigues da Silva and Danh Trung Tran coming on on 78 and 86 minutes respectively. Persib made one last change on 90 minutes, with Danijel Lončar replacing Ikhwan Tanamal.

The numbers pointed to a closer game than the scoreline alone. Viettel had 53% possession and more passes, 408 to 359, but Persib produced more shots, 15 to 10, and more on target, 4 to 1. Persib also finished with 7 corners to 4 and 1 save to Viettel's 3, while xG read 1.74 to 0.68.

There were three bookings before the break, with rimario gordon and Thom Haye booked on 44 minutes and Paulinho Curuá cautioned on 48 minutes. After that, Văn Tú Nguyễn and Marc Klok were booked on 55 and 59 minutes, before Paulinho Curuá and Klok were both sent off.