Can Bechem United beat Asante Kotoko in Bechem Park clash?

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Sun 11.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bechem Park (5000 seats)

Struggling Bechem United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Asante Kotoko in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Bechem United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Asante Kotoko have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Premier League

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

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Asante Kotoko's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Asante Kotoko have performed like this: Played nine matches resulting in 0 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 5-11 (scored/conceded).

Bechem are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Asante are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Bechem United form and stats

33 points is a decent return from 16 Premier League games here at Bechem Park for Bechem United. The data says 9 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss.

The home team returns to Bechem Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Wa All Stars (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Medeama that ended 0-0.

The Bechem fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 16 league matches. Bechem United have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Asante Kotoko form and stats

6 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Asante Kotoko, who have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Asante delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against King Faisal (placed 16th) in their previous match; a Premier League game.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Hearts of Oak's place.

The attacking power of Asante Kotoko when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Asante Kotoko as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Bechem United and Asante Kotoko have met before this season: Asante Kotoko - Bechem 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Bechem one win, one draw and Asante Kotoko seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Bechem United missing players

Asante Kotoko missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bechem United Asante Kotoko
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
10 9 2 Won W 3 6 15
9 6 2 Drew D 1 8 12
13 1 1 Lost L 1 2 5
35 25 5 Scored S 6 14 36
44 10 3 Conceded C 4 9 19
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 88%
78% 75% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 44% 53%
44% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 6% 19%
22% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 6% 9%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 3%
56% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 41%
22% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 50% 47%
28% 12% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 25%
 
2.5 2.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.4 3.5
2.1 1.6 1.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.7 3.4
1.6 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 8.2 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.5 8.2
3 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3
36% 43% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Asante Kotoko have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Premier League
  • Asante Kotoko have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Premier League
  • Asante Kotoko have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
  • Asante Kotoko have the most clean sheets (8) away in Premier League
  • Asante Kotoko have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Premier League
  • Asante Kotoko have the most points (26) away in Premier League
  • Asante Kotoko have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier League
  • Bechem United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 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 Dreams 32 13 9 10 44 33 17 12 2 3 32 11 15 1 7 7 12 22 11 48
7 Karela 32 12 10 10 41 37 16 11 3 2 28 14 16 1 7 8 13 23 4 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 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

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 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 Dreams 32 13 9 10 44 33 17 12 2 3 32 11 15 1 7 7 12 22 11 48
7 Karela 32 12 10 10 41 37 16 11 3 2 28 14 16 1 7 8 13 23 4 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 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

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