Premier League match preview: Elmina Sharks versus Berekum Chelsea

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Thu 04.February
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium (25000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Elmina Sharks are in the 10th position while the guesting Berekum Chelsea worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Elmina Sharks has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premier League
  • Berekum Chelsea have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Elmina nor Berekum Chelsea as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Berekum Chelsea play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Berekum Chelsea when playing on artifical turf are 0 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats from eleven matches. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 21 times in these games.

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Elmina Sharks form and stats

Elmina Sharks have performed here at Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium this season with 3 wins from 6 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.

An away draw last time out for Elmina, facing Eleven Wonders in a game that ended 0-0. In the match before that, Elmina hosted Dreams and drew the game 2-2.

Elmina Sharks are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. From these home matches, Elmina have conceded only 5 goals.

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Berekum Chelsea form and stats

Berekum Chelsea have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-1-5 (6 played). Bitter travels for Berekum Chelsea as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Wa All Stars match.

Berekum had fun at their own home (Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium) last time out, beating Bechem United 2-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against King Faisal wasn't a success with a 3-4 loss.

Berekum are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). For Berekum, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Elmina Sharks victories, one draw and one Berekum Chelsea win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Elmina Sharks missing players

Berekum Chelsea missing players

Elmina Sharks Berekum Chelsea
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
3 3 1 Won W 0 0 3
7 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
2 0 0 Lost L 2 5 5
15 8 2 Scored S 1 6 12
16 5 1 Conceded C 3 14 16
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
75% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 67%
42% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 25%
33% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
75% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 50%
25% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.4
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 14.7 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.2 8.5
4.5 6.7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 2.9
29% 20% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 34%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Berekum Chelsea have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Berekum Chelsea have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Berekum Chelsea have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Berekum Chelsea have yet to win a game away.
  • Berekum Chelsea haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Elmina Sharks has the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier League
  • Elmina Sharks has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Premier League
  • Elmina Sharks have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Elmina Sharks have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Elmina Sharks haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Asante Kotoko 12 6 5 1 11 5 6 4 1 1 6 2 6 2 4 0 5 3 6 23
2 Karela 11 6 3 2 18 10 6 6 0 0 14 3 5 0 3 2 4 7 8 21
3 Bechem United 12 5 4 3 14 16 6 4 2 0 9 4 6 1 2 3 5 12 -2 19
4 Great Olympics 12 5 3 4 15 10 6 3 2 1 9 4 6 2 1 3 6 6 5 18
5 WAFA 12 5 3 4 20 16 6 4 2 0 18 9 6 1 1 4 2 7 4 18
6 Aduana Stars 12 4 6 2 13 10 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 1 3 2 4 5 3 18
7 Dreams 12 4 5 3 16 12 6 4 1 1 11 3 6 0 4 2 5 9 4 17
8 Ashanti Gold 12 4 5 3 21 18 6 3 3 0 13 6 6 1 2 3 8 12 3 17
9 Hearts of Oak 11 4 4 3 16 10 6 3 2 1 13 5 5 1 2 2 3 5 6 16
10 Elmina Sharks 12 3 7 2 15 16 6 3 3 0 8 5 6 0 4 2 7 11 -1 16
11 Ebusua Dwarfs 12 4 4 4 13 15 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 9 -2 16
12 Medeama 11 3 5 3 12 13 5 2 3 0 6 4 6 1 2 3 6 9 -1 14
13 Eleven Wonders 12 3 5 4 11 12 6 3 2 1 7 3 6 0 3 3 4 9 -1 14
14 Berekum Chelsea 12 3 4 5 12 16 6 3 3 0 6 2 6 0 1 5 6 14 -4 13
15 Wa All Stars 11 3 3 5 10 12 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 1 1 4 2 7 -2 12
16 Liberty Professionals 12 2 5 5 8 17 6 2 3 1 6 4 6 0 2 4 2 13 -9 11
17 King Faisal 12 2 4 6 15 24 6 2 3 1 9 8 6 0 1 5 6 16 -9 10
18 Inter Allies 12 2 1 9 4 12 6 2 1 3 3 5 6 0 0 6 1 7 -8 7