Game week two of the Premier League season and the sides have taken their learnings from the first fixture. Here's our Asante Kotoko - Bechem United match guide:
The visiting Bechem United played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
4 - 6 - 27 with 32-74. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Bechem United when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Bechem United play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Asante Kotoko form and stats
The previous season, Asante Kotoko's league statistics were 15 wins, 12 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 2nd spot in the Premier League. Over these 34 matches they scored 37 goals and gave away 22. Performing at home in the former season Asante Kotoko produced 9-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 11 conceded.
Asante are returning here after visiting Dreams in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Asante lost 0-1 at home to Elmina Sharks.Bechem United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Bechem United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 13 with 11/36 goals scored/conceded.
Bechem had fun at their own home (Baba Yara Stadium) last time out, beating Medeama 4-0. As mentioned above, Bechem was the only team on the pitch versus Medeama in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Ebusua Dwarfs's place.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Asante seven wins, one draw and Bechem United two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Asante Kotoko missing players
Bechem United missing players
| Asante Kotoko | Bechem United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asante Kotoko | Last season | Bechem United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 13 | 14 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 38 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 36 | 47 | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 53% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 79% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 47% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 41% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 59% | ||
| 44% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 21% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 26% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 36% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 36% | ||
| 8.3 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bechem United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Asante Kotoko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Ashanti Gold | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Bibiani Gold Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | King Faisal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Accra Lions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Aduana Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Elmina Sharks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Great Olympics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Karela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Real Tamale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Hearts of Oak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Wa All Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Berekum Chelsea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Eleven Wonders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | WAFA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Dreams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Medeama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 61 |
| 2 | Asante Kotoko | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 57 |
| 3 | WAFA | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 56 |
| 4 | Aduana Stars | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 2 | 55 |
| 5 | Medeama | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | Great Olympics | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 52 |
| 7 | Dreams | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 49 |
| 8 | Karela | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 46 |
| 9 | Ashanti Gold | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 45 |
| 10 | Berekum Chelsea | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 34 | -8 | 43 |
| 11 | Wa All Stars | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 21 | -1 | 42 |
| 12 | Eleven Wonders | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -5 | 42 |
| 13 | Bechem United | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -9 | 42 |
| 14 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 27 | -4 | 41 |
| 15 | Elmina Sharks | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -11 | 41 |
| 16 | King Faisal | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 33 | -13 | 41 |
| 17 | Liberty Professionals | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 27 | -12 | 40 |
| 18 | Inter Allies | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 27 | -17 | 26 |