Len Clay Stadium: Asante Kotoko vs King Faisal Premier League preview

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Sun 04.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Len Clay Stadium (30000 seats)

Asante Kotoko are chasing the top positions while King Faisal are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Asante Kotoko have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premier League
  • King Faisal have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Premier League

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Asante Kotoko are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Faisal are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Asante Kotoko form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 15 Premier League games here at Len Clay Stadium for Asante Kotoko. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Two home wins in a row for Asante bring valid hopes of a third.

Asante lost their last game at Hearts of Oak (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Asante won a home game hosting Karela (2-1).

Asante Kotoko are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. Asante are not conceding a lot of goals here at Len Clay Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 15 matches.

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King Faisal form and stats

There's been little loot from King Faisal's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 15 away games in the Premier League. King Faisal only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

The supporters enjoyed King Faisal's previous game versus Wa All Stars (placed 10th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Medeama that ended 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Faisal as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. For King Faisal, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; King Faisal - Asante Kotoko 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Asante victories, three draws and four King Faisal wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Asante Kotoko missing players

King Faisal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Asante Kotoko King Faisal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
15 9 3 Won W 0 2 9
11 3 1 Drew D 1 3 9
5 3 0 Lost L 4 10 13
35 21 6 Scored S 5 11 29
18 9 1 Conceded C 13 32 44
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
52% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 61%
19% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 40% 29%
10% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 23%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 20% 13%
39% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 45%
48% 47% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 29%
26% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 32%
 
3.6 3.8 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.2 3.3
3.5 3.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.6 4.2
1.3 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 8.4 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.6 8.6
3.1 3.1 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.3 2.8
35% 44% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 22% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Asante Kotoko have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Asante Kotoko have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Asante Kotoko have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premier League
  • Asante Kotoko have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
  • Asante Kotoko have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Premier League
  • King Faisal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • King Faisal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • King Faisal have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Premier League
  • King Faisal haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 31 17 8 6 43 20 16 12 3 1 33 8 15 5 5 5 10 12 23 59
2 Asante Kotoko 31 15 11 5 35 18 15 9 3 3 21 9 16 6 8 2 14 9 17 56
3 Great Olympics 31 14 7 10 34 29 15 9 4 2 19 8 16 5 3 8 15 21 5 49
4 Dreams 31 13 9 9 44 32 16 12 2 2 32 10 15 1 7 7 12 22 12 48
5 Medeama 31 13 9 9 33 29 15 10 4 1 22 8 16 3 5 8 11 21 4 48
6 WAFA 31 13 8 10 42 38 15 10 4 1 32 17 16 3 4 9 10 21 4 47
7 Karela 31 12 10 9 39 34 16 11 3 2 28 14 15 1 7 7 11 20 5 46
8 Aduana Stars 31 13 7 11 37 39 15 11 4 0 24 8 16 2 3 11 13 31 -2 46
9 Ashanti Gold 31 10 11 10 43 35 15 8 5 2 25 9 16 2 6 8 18 26 8 41
10 Wa All Stars 31 10 8 13 30 30 15 7 5 3 20 11 16 3 3 10 10 19 0 38
11 Bechem United 31 10 8 13 34 43 16 9 6 1 25 10 15 1 2 12 9 33 -9 38
12 Ebusua Dwarfs 31 11 7 13 37 40 15 7 4 4 18 15 16 4 3 9 19 25 -3 37
13 Berekum Chelsea 31 10 7 14 35 44 16 10 5 1 27 11 15 0 2 13 8 33 -9 37
14 Eleven Wonders 31 9 9 13 27 34 16 8 4 4 18 12 15 1 5 9 9 22 -7 36
15 King Faisal 31 9 9 13 29 44 16 7 6 3 18 12 15 2 3 10 11 32 -15 36
16 Elmina Sharks 31 8 11 12 29 42 16 8 6 2 19 13 15 0 5 10 10 29 -13 35
17 Liberty Professionals 31 9 8 14 29 42 15 6 6 3 21 16 16 3 2 11 8 26 -13 35
18 Inter Allies 31 7 5 19 26 33 16 7 2 7 19 14 15 0 3 12 7 19 -7 26

Table
  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 31 17 8 6 43 20 16 12 3 1 33 8 15 5 5 5 10 12 23 59
2 Asante Kotoko 31 15 11 5 35 18 15 9 3 3 21 9 16 6 8 2 14 9 17 56
3 Great Olympics 31 14 7 10 34 29 15 9 4 2 19 8 16 5 3 8 15 21 5 49
4 Dreams 31 13 9 9 44 32 16 12 2 2 32 10 15 1 7 7 12 22 12 48
5 Medeama 31 13 9 9 33 29 15 10 4 1 22 8 16 3 5 8 11 21 4 48
6 WAFA 31 13 8 10 42 38 15 10 4 1 32 17 16 3 4 9 10 21 4 47
7 Karela 31 12 10 9 39 34 16 11 3 2 28 14 15 1 7 7 11 20 5 46
8 Aduana Stars 31 13 7 11 37 39 15 11 4 0 24 8 16 2 3 11 13 31 -2 46
9 Ashanti Gold 31 10 11 10 43 35 15 8 5 2 25 9 16 2 6 8 18 26 8 41
10 Wa All Stars 31 10 8 13 30 30 15 7 5 3 20 11 16 3 3 10 10 19 0 38
11 Bechem United 31 10 8 13 34 43 16 9 6 1 25 10 15 1 2 12 9 33 -9 38
12 Ebusua Dwarfs 31 11 7 13 37 40 15 7 4 4 18 15 16 4 3 9 19 25 -3 37
13 Berekum Chelsea 31 10 7 14 35 44 16 10 5 1 27 11 15 0 2 13 8 33 -9 37
14 Eleven Wonders 31 9 9 13 27 34 16 8 4 4 18 12 15 1 5 9 9 22 -7 36
15 King Faisal 31 9 9 13 29 44 16 7 6 3 18 12 15 2 3 10 11 32 -15 36
16 Elmina Sharks 31 8 11 12 29 42 16 8 6 2 19 13 15 0 5 10 10 29 -13 35
17 Liberty Professionals 31 9 8 14 29 42 15 6 6 3 21 16 16 3 2 11 8 26 -13 35
18 Inter Allies 31 7 5 19 26 33 16 7 2 7 19 14 15 0 3 12 7 19 -7 26

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