It's the first game of the new season for Bechem United and Liberty Professionals. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Liberty Professionals play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Liberty Professionals on artifical turf are 1 victory, 3 draws and 6 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 6-12. You can compare this with overall results below.
Bechem United form and stats
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 225 minutes without scoring a league goal. P. Adu Kwabena was the last player to find the net.
Last season, Bechem United's league statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Premier League. Over these 15 matches they scored 17 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Bechem United managed 5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 12 conceded.
Liberty Professionals form and stats
Let's have a look at how Liberty Professionals performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 9/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Bechem United, zero draws and four wins for Liberty Professionals. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Bechem United missing players
Liberty Professionals missing players
| Bechem United | Liberty Professionals | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 89% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 78% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 78% |
| 44% | 80% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 11% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 22% |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 9 | 14 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 33% | 43% |
- Bechem United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Bechem United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Bechem United have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Aduana Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Asante Kotoko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ashanti Gold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bechem United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Berekum Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dreams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Eleven Wonders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Elmina Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Great Olympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hearts of Oak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Inter Allies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Karela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | King Faisal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Liberty Professionals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Medeama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Wa All Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | WAFA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Medeama | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Ashanti Gold | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Karela | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Asante Kotoko | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Inter Allies | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Dreams | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | WAFA | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Elmina Sharks | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Berekum Chelsea | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Bechem United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Eleven Wonders | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Liberty Professionals | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Hearts of Oak | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Aduana Stars | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Wa All Stars | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 10 |