Game preview: Home fans have high hopes when Hearts of Oak take on Wa All Stars

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ohene Djan Sports Stadium (40528 seats)

This is the Premier League season opener for these sides, whom are finally playing for points again. Will Hearts of Oak or Wa All Stars get that crucial first victory?

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Hearts of Oak form and stats

Hearts of Oak could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Ohene Djan Sports Stadium they witnessed 12 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W17 - D10 - L7 from 34 games.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Hearts home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hearts as they are travelling to their away game against WAFA in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

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Wa All Stars form and stats

Let's have a look at how Wa All Stars performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 10/21 goals scored/conceded.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Stars played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.

A new game in only four days for Stars, the Premier League home match versus Real Tamale. Busy days.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Hearts won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Wa All Stars have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Hearts of Oak missing players

Wa All Stars missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hearts of Oak Wa All Stars
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Hearts of Oak Last season Wa All Stars
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
17 12   Won W   3 11
10 4   Drew D   3 9
7 1   Lost L   11 14
45 34   Scored S   10 34
23 9   Conceded C   21 35
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
65% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 65%
21% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 29%
12% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 6%
6% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
32% 29%   BTTS BTTS   29% 41%
47% 65%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 32%
29% 12%   Failed to Score F T   53% 35%
 
5.2 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.2
3.3 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.2
1.5 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.7
1 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
9.1 10   Shots (avg) S (   7.4 8.1
3.2 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3
42% 52%   Goal Efficiency G E   15% 30%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Accra Lions 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Elmina Sharks 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Aduana Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ashanti Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bechem United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Berekum Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Bibiani Gold Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Eleven Wonders 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 Karela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 King Faisal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Medeama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Tamale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wa All Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 WAFA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Dreams 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 Hearts of Oak 34 17 10 7 45 23 17 12 4 1 34 9 17 5 6 6 11 14 22 61
2 Asante Kotoko 34 15 12 7 37 22 17 9 4 4 22 11 17 6 8 3 15 11 15 57
3 WAFA 34 16 8 10 46 38 17 12 4 1 34 17 17 4 4 9 12 21 8 56
4 Aduana Stars 34 16 7 11 44 42 17 13 4 0 27 9 17 3 3 11 17 33 2 55
5 Medeama 34 15 9 10 38 34 17 12 4 1 26 10 17 3 5 9 12 24 4 54
6 Great Olympics 34 15 7 12 37 33 17 10 4 3 21 10 17 5 3 9 16 23 4 52
7 Dreams 34 13 10 11 45 35 17 12 2 3 32 11 17 1 8 8 13 24 10 49
8 Karela 34 12 10 12 42 41 17 11 3 3 28 16 17 1 7 9 14 25 1 46
9 Ashanti Gold 34 11 12 11 50 36 17 9 6 2 32 9 17 2 6 9 18 27 14 45
10 Berekum Chelsea 34 12 7 15 38 46 17 11 5 1 29 12 17 1 2 14 9 34 -8 43
11 Wa All Stars 34 11 9 14 34 35 17 8 6 3 24 14 17 3 3 11 10 21 -1 42
12 Eleven Wonders 34 11 9 14 33 38 17 9 4 4 21 13 17 2 5 10 12 25 -5 42
13 Bechem United 34 11 9 14 38 47 17 10 6 1 27 11 17 1 3 13 11 36 -9 42
14 Ebusua Dwarfs 34 12 8 14 40 44 17 8 5 4 21 17 17 4 3 10 19 27 -4 41
15 Elmina Sharks 34 10 11 13 34 45 17 9 6 2 21 13 17 1 5 11 13 32 -11 41
16 King Faisal 34 10 11 13 32 45 17 8 6 3 20 12 17 2 5 10 12 33 -13 41
17 Liberty Professionals 34 10 10 14 33 45 17 7 7 3 24 18 17 3 3 11 9 27 -12 40
18 Inter Allies 34 7 5 22 28 45 17 7 2 8 21 18 17 0 3 14 7 27 -17 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 Asante Kotoko 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Accra Lions 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Elmina Sharks 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Aduana Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ashanti Gold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bechem United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Berekum Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Bibiani Gold Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Eleven Wonders 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 Karela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 King Faisal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Medeama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Tamale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wa All Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 WAFA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Dreams 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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