Crosby Awuah Memorial Stadium: Karela vs Bechem United Premier League pre-match guide

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crosby Awuah Memorial Stadium (3000 seats)

Bechem United go to Karela and Crosby Awuah Memorial Stadium full of hope and confidence, but the host team is not a walk in the park. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • Karela have the most points from losing position (4) in Premier League
  • Bechem United have yet to win a game away.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Bechem United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-7-26 (win-draw-loss) from 36 matches.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Karela and Bechem United.

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Karela form and stats

2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Karela so far this season.

Karela faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dreams (1-3).

Before that, Karela had a home game versus Accra Lions which ended with a victory 3-0.

The Karela fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively Karela have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bechem United form and stats

The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Eleven Wonders in their previous game.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Bibiani Gold Stars's place.

Goals are few and far between in Bechem's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. Bechem have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Karela victory, zero draws and two Bechem United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Karela missing players

Bechem United missing players

Karela Bechem United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 4 8
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 4
3 2 2 Drew D 0 1 1
3 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
9 6 1 Scored S 0 1 11
10 2 1 Conceded C 1 5 6
88% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
88% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 62%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
25% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 50%
25% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 38%
 
5.2 6.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.4
3.5 4.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 1.8
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.8 9.3 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.5 9.5
5.2 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.5
29% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 60%
 
8.5 8.7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 5.8
3 3.3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 1.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bechem United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bechem United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Bechem United have yet to win a game away.
  • Karela have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Karela have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Karela have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bechem United have scored away.
  • Karela have the most points from losing position (4) in Premier League
  • Karela 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 8 5 2 1 14 6 4 3 0 1 10 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 8 17
2 King Faisal 8 5 2 1 10 4 4 3 1 0 4 0 4 2 1 1 6 4 6 17
3 Asante Kotoko 7 4 2 1 11 5 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 4 1 6 14
4 Dreams 8 4 2 2 17 14 4 3 0 1 9 6 4 1 2 1 8 8 3 14
5 Bechem United 8 4 1 3 11 6 4 4 0 0 10 1 4 0 1 3 1 5 5 13
6 Great Olympics 8 3 3 2 10 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 12
7 Medeama 7 3 3 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 4 0 12
8 Real Tamale 8 3 2 3 10 11 4 2 1 1 5 2 4 1 1 2 5 9 -1 11
9 Ashanti Gold 8 3 2 3 5 6 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 2 0 2 2 4 -1 11
10 Bibiani Gold Stars 8 3 1 4 7 8 4 3 0 1 4 1 4 0 1 3 3 7 -1 10
11 Karela 8 2 3 3 9 10 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 3 8 -1 9
12 Berekum Chelsea 7 2 2 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 8
13 Accra Lions 8 2 2 4 6 13 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 0 0 4 2 11 -7 8
14 Wa All Stars 8 1 4 3 5 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 0 3 1 2 3 -2 7
15 Elmina Sharks 8 2 1 5 7 13 4 2 0 2 5 6 4 0 1 3 2 7 -6 7
16 Hearts of Oak 5 1 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 6
17 Eleven Wonders 8 1 3 4 4 7 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 0 4 -3 6
18 WAFA 8 1 2 5 4 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 0 8 -8 5