Elmina Sharks will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Karela.
- Elmina Sharks have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
- Karela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Karela's home stadium. The visitors last four games on artifical turf have ended in 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Elmina Sharks form and stats
Elmina Sharks have performed here at Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium this season with 7 wins from 12 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. Elmina has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium. We remember; it was Medeama.
Before that, Elmina had a home game versus Ashanti Gold which ended with a victory 2-1.
Elmina are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Hearts of Oak awaits in four days.
Elmina has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Elmina are not conceding a lot of goals here at Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Karela form and stats
Karela have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-5-5 (11 played).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus King Faisal that ended 1-1.
A new game in only four days for Karela, the Premier League home match versus Eleven Wonders. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Karela as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. Karela have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Karela - Elmina 3-1 played earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Elmina won zero, Karela won one and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Elmina Sharks missing players
Karela missing players
| Elmina Sharks | Karela | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| 31 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 24 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 87% |
| 70% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 78% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 45% | 43% |
| 22% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 22% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 57% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 57% |
| 26% | 42% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 12.6 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 5.7 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| 25% | 22% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 36% | 29% |
- Elmina Sharks have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Elmina Sharks have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
- Elmina Sharks haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Karela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Asante Kotoko | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | Medeama | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 3 | Great Olympics | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 4 | Hearts of Oak | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 37 |
| 5 | Karela | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Dreams | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Bechem United | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 25 | -5 | 33 |
| 8 | Aduana Stars | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -5 | 33 |
| 9 | WAFA | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Ashanti Gold | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 31 |
| 11 | Elmina Sharks | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 13 | Berekum Chelsea | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 14 | Eleven Wonders | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 15 | Liberty Professionals | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Wa All Stars | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 17 | King Faisal | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -12 | 23 |
| 18 | Inter Allies | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 19 |