Persis Solo vs Malut United Match Recap - Oct 20, 2025

Tyronne’s Double Drives Malut United Past Persis Solo, As Struggling Hosts Sink Further in Liga 1

On an afternoon thick with expectation at Manahan Stadium, Persis Solo’s hopes for resurgence were swiftly and ruthlessly dispelled by a Malut United side determined to announce itself as a genuine contender in Indonesia’s Liga 1. Tyronne, the Spanish forward whose recent form has galvanized Malut’s ascent up the table, orchestrated the visitors’ 3-1 victory with two emphatic strikes, deepening the home fans’ sense of foreboding and dropping Persis Solo closer toward the league’s basement.

Malut United arrived in Solo in the rare position of being both confident and underestimated. A spate of positive results—victories over Bhayangkara FC and Persepam Madura United, highlighted by Ciro’s scoring spree and Sayuri’s steady output—had nudged them quietly into sixth place, twelve points from eight matches. For the hosts, one win in eight and a stretch of draws and defeats had left their campaign teetering. The tension was evident in every misplaced pass, every anxious glance from the sideline.

It took just half an hour for the visitors to puncture the home faithful’s guarded optimism. Tyronne, always lurking between the lines, found a rare pocket of space on the edge of the area. A slick exchange, a drop of the shoulder, and the Spaniard coolly slotted his finish beyond the desperate reach of the Persis keeper. The strike—his second in three games—did not just open the scoring. It shifted the tone of the afternoon: from tentative to tumultuous.

Persis Solo’s response was spirited but chaotic. Their midfield, short on both confidence and coherence, struggled to retain possession against Malut’s energetic press. What few chances materialized fizzled out around the box. The interval brought little solace, only more questions—chief among them, how to halt a side as direct and clinical as Malut United with Tyronne in such effervescent form.

The answer, as it turned out, was not found. Early in the second half, the threat grew louder. Just eight minutes after the restart, Tyronne struck again, this time with even greater authority. A quick counter-attack sliced open a Persis backline already stretched to its breaking point; Tyronne, reading the play two steps ahead, timed his run to perfection and buried his second goal. At 2-0, hope drained from the terraces.

By the 58th minute, the contest had swelled into a rout. Malut’s Yance Sayuri, himself a regular fixture on recent scoresheets, capped off another fluid passage of play with a thunderous finish, the kind that left defenders glancing at each other in accusation and disbelief.

To their credit, Persis Solo avoided outright collapse. Ten minutes after conceding the third, the hosts pulled one back—a brief glimmer in a match defined by missed opportunities and defensive lapses. The scorer’s name may have been lost in the haze of disappointment, but for a fleeting moment, the home supporters raised their voices, if only out of stubborn pride. Yet the deficit proved insurmountable, and as the final whistle cut through the Javanese dusk, the gulf in quality, confidence, and ambition was unmistakable.

The defeat leaves Persis Solo mired in 16th place on the Liga 1 table, with only six points from eight outings—a tally that now threatens to become an anchor, dragging the club into a protracted struggle for survival. Their lone win offers little comfort against a backdrop of four losses and three draws, the cracks in their form widening with each passing week. For a club of Persis’s history and ambition, the margin for error is vanishingly thin.

Malut United, meanwhile, have quietly constructed one of the league’s more compelling narratives: a club once relegation-haunted now sitting just outside the upper echelons, a side whose vanguard—led by Tyronne and the ever-reliable Sayuri—shows both verve and discipline. With twelve points, they stand poised to disrupt the established hierarchy, their only blemishes in recent weeks coming at Persik Kediri and at the hands of PSIM Yogyakarta.

For Persis Solo, the path forward grows treacherous. The porous defense and toothless attack on display today demand urgent recalibration if the club is to climb from the wrong end of the standings. Internal questions about character and chemistry will only intensify with fixtures against mid-table rivals looming.

Malut United, for their part, march on with mounting conviction. The road to silverware remains long and fraught, but afternoons such as this—where class and composure snuffed out desperation—suggest a side discovering not just form, but an identity. For Persis Solo, the reckoning continues; for Malut United, the horizon suddenly looks wide open.