Hearts of Oak are chasing the top positions while Liberty Professionals are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?
- Hearts of Oak is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Liberty Professionals have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Hearts of Oak are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Professionals are struggling to avoid relegation.
Hearts of Oak form and stats
39 points is a decent return from 16 Premier League games here at Ohene Djan Sports Stadium for Hearts of Oak. The data says 12 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Hearts of Oak has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Dreams defeat 70 days ago.
Hearts drew their last game, 1-1 away at Ebusua Dwarfs (placed 14th).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Asante Kotoko.Goals decide football matches and Hearts of Oak are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 16 league matches. Hearts of Oak have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Liberty Professionals form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Liberty Professionals so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-11 (win-draw-lose).
Professionals are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Premier League against Karela (placed 8th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Inter Allies.Liberty Professionals are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 8 goals from 16 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Professionals have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Liberty Professionals - Hearts of Oak 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hearts of Oak won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Liberty Professionals has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenHearts of Oak missing players
Liberty Professionals missing players
| Hearts of Oak | Liberty Professionals | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 17 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 14 |
| 44 | 33 | 14 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 32 |
| 21 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | 44 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 94% | 91% |
| 66% | 81% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 72% |
| 22% | 31% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 25% | 34% |
| 12% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 22% |
| 6% | 12% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | 16% |
| 31% | 25% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 50% | 69% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | 31% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 38% |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 10 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 42% | 52% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 37% |
- Hearts of Oak have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts of Oak have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hearts of Oak have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Liberty Professionals have scored away.
- Hearts of Oak have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premier League
- Hearts of Oak have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Premier League
- Hearts of Oak have the most clean sheets (16) in Premier League
- Hearts of Oak have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Premier League
- Hearts of Oak have the the best goal difference (+23) in Premier League
- Hearts of Oak have the the best goal difference (+25) at home in Premier League
- Hearts of Oak is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Liberty Professionals have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts of Oak | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 60 |
| 2 | Asante Kotoko | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 57 |
| 3 | Medeama | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 51 |
| 4 | WAFA | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 50 |
| 5 | Great Olympics | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 49 |
| 6 | Aduana Stars | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 31 | -1 | 49 |
| 7 | Dreams | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 48 |
| 8 | Karela | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 46 |
| 9 | Ashanti Gold | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 41 |
| 10 | Berekum Chelsea | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 33 | -8 | 40 |
| 11 | Wa All Stars | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Eleven Wonders | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | Bechem United | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 34 | -9 | 39 |
| 14 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | -3 | 38 |
| 15 | Liberty Professionals | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 26 | -12 | 38 |
| 16 | King Faisal | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 33 | -15 | 37 |
| 17 | Elmina Sharks | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 32 | -14 | 35 |
| 18 | Inter Allies | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 26 |