Premier League match preview and statistics: Hearts of Oak fight WAFA

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Thu 04.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ohene Djan Sports Stadium (40528 seats)

5th position in the Premier League table for Hearts of Oak so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed WAFA visits Ohene Djan Sports Stadium.

Insights:
  • Hearts of Oak have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • WAFA have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Asante Kotoko.

WAFA play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for WAFA when playing on grass are 6 wins, 12 draws and 21 defeats from 39 matches. They have scored 26 goals and conceded 46 times in these games.

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Hearts of Oak form and stats

Hearts of Oak have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 193 minutes.

Hearts of Oak drew their last game, 0-0 away at Asante Kotoko (placed 2nd). Before that match, a win away at Liberty Professionals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Hearts's attacking play is working. 8 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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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 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in WAFA's last three away games as they have all been lost.

WAFA won their last game, 3-1 versus Karela played at home. Prior to that match, the WAFA manager A. Patron faced defeat when travelling to Inter Allies and losing 0-1.

Goals are few and far between in WAFA's away league games. Only 2 goals from 8 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. WAFA have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hearts of Oak won four games, four matches ended with a draw and WAFA has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Hearts of Oak missing players

WAFA missing players

Hearts of Oak WAFA
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 6
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
4 1 0 Lost L 2 6 6
21 17 11 Scored S 0 2 23
14 8 5 Conceded C 4 9 19
81% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
62% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 25% 56%
31% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 12% 31%
19% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
12% 25% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 19%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 38%
38% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 10.2 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.4 12.1
3.2 3.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 4.7
40% 55% 61% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 6% 29%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Hearts of Oak have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hearts of Oak have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Hearts of Oak have scored at least twice as many goals at home as WAFA have scored away.
  • 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
  • WAFA haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Karela 16 8 4 4 23 16 8 7 0 1 16 5 8 1 4 3 7 11 7 28
2 Asante Kotoko 14 7 6 1 13 5 7 4 2 1 6 2 7 3 4 0 7 3 8 27
3 Dreams 16 7 5 4 26 16 8 6 1 1 19 6 8 1 4 3 7 10 10 26
4 Medeama 16 7 5 4 19 15 8 5 3 0 11 4 8 2 2 4 8 11 4 26
5 Hearts of Oak 16 6 6 4 21 14 8 4 3 1 17 8 8 2 3 3 4 6 7 24
6 Great Olympics 16 7 3 6 18 14 8 5 2 1 11 4 8 2 1 5 7 10 4 24
7 Aduana Stars 16 6 6 4 18 19 8 5 3 0 12 6 8 1 3 4 6 13 -1 24
8 Bechem United 15 6 5 4 18 20 8 5 3 0 13 6 7 1 2 4 5 14 -2 23
9 WAFA 16 6 4 6 23 19 8 5 3 0 21 10 8 1 1 6 2 9 4 22
10 Ebusua Dwarfs 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 3 2 3 8 8 8 3 2 3 11 12 -1 22
11 Ashanti Gold 16 5 6 5 26 23 8 4 3 1 17 7 8 1 3 4 9 16 3 21
12 Berekum Chelsea 16 5 5 6 16 18 8 5 3 0 9 2 8 0 2 6 7 16 -2 20
13 Wa All Stars 16 4 7 5 15 15 8 3 4 1 11 6 8 1 3 4 4 9 0 19
14 Elmina Sharks 16 3 8 5 17 22 8 3 4 1 10 8 8 0 4 4 7 14 -5 17
15 Eleven Wonders 16 4 5 7 12 18 8 4 2 2 8 5 8 0 3 5 4 13 -6 17
16 Liberty Professionals 16 3 6 7 11 22 8 2 4 2 8 7 8 1 2 5 3 15 -11 15
17 King Faisal 15 3 5 7 17 26 7 3 3 1 10 8 8 0 2 6 7 18 -9 14
18 Inter Allies 16 3 2 11 8 18 8 3 1 4 4 7 8 0 1 7 4 11 -10 11