Jakarta (ANTARA) – The 2025/2026 BRI Super League competition has entered its fourth week. From the series of matches that took place, a highlight became the progress of the three promotion teams, namely PSIM Yogyakarta, Persijap Jepara and Bhayangkara Presisi Lampung FC. These three teams showed different performances in the early season competition.
PSIM Yogyakarta is the promotional team with the best record so far. Jean-Paul van Gastel’s team did not lose once, with two wins and two draws. In four games, Laskar Mataram has collected eight points, scored five goals and conceded just two goals.
PSIM’s first victory came as a surprise when they beat Persebaya Surabaya 1-0 at the Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium on 8 August. Subsequently, PSIM recorded two draws with the same score of 1-1 against Arema FC and defending champion Persib Bandung. The positive trend continued once again as they beat Malut United 2-0 at the Kie Raha Stadium in week four. These results brought PSIM to fourth place in the table with a total of eight points, the same as Arema FC in third place.
Besides PSIM, another promotional team, Persijap Jepara, was also able to provide surprises even if they were not consistent. Out of four matches, Laskar Kalinyamat achieved one win, two draws and one defeat.
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Persijap made a surprising appearance by toppling defending champion Persib Bandung 2-1. They also managed to hold PSM Makassar to a 1-1 draw in their opening match and a goalless draw against Arema FC in week four. However, Mario Lemos’ team had to concede the superiority of Borneo FC with a score of 1–3 on matchday three. Persijap is currently eighth in the table with a score of five points.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian National Police team, Bhayangkara Presisi Lampung FC, is still struggling to emerge from an unconvincing start to the season. Of the four matches, the team was nicknamed The Guardians he achieved only one win, one draw and two defeats. The only victory was achieved on matchday four, when they hosted Persis Solo with a score of 2-0. The two goals were scored by the feet of Ilija Spasojević and Fareed Sadat.
However, before that, Paul Munster’s team had suffered two consecutive defeats against Borneo FC (0-1) and Arema FC (1-2), and had only drawn 1-1 against PSM Makassar. Bhayangkara is now 10th in the table with four points.
The 2025/2026 BRI Super League competition is still far away, but the performance of the three promotional teams shows interesting dynamics. PSIM Yogyakarta looks like a promising dark horse, Persijap Jepara manages to surprise, while Bhayangkara Presisi Lampung FC still tries to get back up quickly to avoid being trapped at the bottom of the table.
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Reporter: Raihan Fadilah
Publisher: Suryanto
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