Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Accra Hearts of Oak & Dreams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Accra Hearts of Oak form and stats
Accra Hearts of Oak have collected 10 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-4-1.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 184 minutes without scoring a league goal. Amankwah was the last player to find the net. Hearts are confident in defense, having played 230 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Accra Hearts of Oak drew their last game, also a home match. Samartex was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
A 0-0 draw away in the Premier League before that, with King Faisal the opponent.Accra Hearts of Oak has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. On the other hand, Hearts have conceded 8 goals.
Dreams form and stats
There's been little loot from Dreams's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Dreams only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Dreams are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against Real Tamale United.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Wa All Stars that ended 0-0.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Accra Hearts of Oak-Dreams H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Accra Hearts of Oak five wins, Dreams one win, three draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Accra Hearts of Oak missing players
Dreams missing players
| Accra Hearts of Oak | Dreams | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 9 | 28 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 44% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aduana Stars | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 | Accra Lions | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Asante Kotoko | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Accra Hearts of Oak | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Bibiani Gold Stars FC | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Bechem United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Dreams | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Great Olympics | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Real Tamale United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Wa All Stars | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Medeama | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | King Faisal | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Nsoatreman | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Berekum Chelsea | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Karela United | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Samartex | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | Tamale City FC | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Kotoku Royals | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 7 |
