Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium: Elmina Sharks vs WAFA Premier League preview

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium (25000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Elmina Sharks languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting WAFA will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Elmina Sharks have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
  • WAFA have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League

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!

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Elmina Sharks form and stats

Elmina Sharks have collected 19 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-4-1. Elmina has recorded two wins in a row here at Paa Kwesi Nduom Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Elmina Sharks are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Liberty Professionals. Before that, Elmina had a home game versus Ebusua Dwarfs which ended with a victory 1-0.

Elmina were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The Elmina fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Elmina have conceded only 8 goals.

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WAFA form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for WAFA, who have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

The WAFA goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Goals are few and far between in WAFA's away league games. Only 2 goals from 10 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, WAFA have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was WAFA - Elmina 1-1, played this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Elmina victory, two draws and two WAFA wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Elmina Sharks missing players

WAFA missing players

Elmina Sharks WAFA
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 4 10 19
5 5 3 Won W 1 1 7
8 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
6 1 0 Lost L 2 7 7
19 12 5 Scored S 1 2 24
26 8 2 Conceded C 2 13 23
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 89%
68% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 30% 53%
37% 30% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 32%
26% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 26%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
58% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 10% 32%
26% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 32%
21% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 80% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 13.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.9 11.5
4.2 6.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 4.4
24% 19% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 6% 27%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Elmina Sharks have scored at least twice as many goals at home as WAFA have scored away.
  • Elmina Sharks have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Elmina Sharks have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
  • Elmina Sharks haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • WAFA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • WAFA have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League
  • WAFA have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League

  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 19 10 7 2 21 7 9 6 2 1 12 2 10 4 5 1 9 5 14 37
2 Karela 19 9 5 5 26 20 10 8 1 1 19 7 9 1 4 4 7 13 6 32
3 Hearts of Oak 19 8 6 5 27 15 10 6 3 1 23 8 9 2 3 4 4 7 12 30
4 Medeama 19 8 6 5 22 17 9 6 3 0 13 4 10 2 3 5 9 13 5 30
5 Great Olympics 19 9 3 7 20 16 9 6 2 1 12 4 10 3 1 6 8 12 4 30
6 Dreams 19 7 6 6 27 20 10 6 2 2 20 8 9 1 4 4 7 12 7 27
7 Aduana Stars 19 7 6 6 22 24 9 6 3 0 15 7 10 1 3 6 7 17 -2 27
8 Ashanti Gold 19 6 8 5 29 25 9 5 3 1 18 7 10 1 5 4 11 18 4 26
9 WAFA 19 7 5 7 24 23 9 6 3 0 22 10 10 1 2 7 2 13 1 26
10 Ebusua Dwarfs 19 7 5 7 21 22 9 3 3 3 9 9 10 4 2 4 12 13 -1 26
11 Bechem United 19 7 5 7 20 26 10 6 3 1 15 7 9 1 2 6 5 19 -6 26
12 Berekum Chelsea 19 6 6 7 19 22 10 6 4 0 12 4 9 0 2 7 7 18 -3 24
13 Elmina Sharks 19 5 8 6 19 26 10 5 4 1 12 8 9 0 4 5 7 18 -7 23
14 Wa All Stars 19 5 7 7 18 18 9 4 4 1 13 6 10 1 3 6 5 12 0 22
15 Eleven Wonders 19 5 7 7 15 20 10 5 3 2 10 6 9 0 4 5 5 14 -5 22
16 Liberty Professionals 19 4 6 9 15 25 9 3 4 2 12 7 10 1 2 7 3 18 -10 18
17 King Faisal 19 4 6 9 19 30 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 0 2 7 8 21 -11 18
18 Inter Allies 19 4 4 11 12 20 10 4 2 4 7 8 9 0 2 7 5 12 -8 16