The visiting Karela side should be favourites in this visit to King Faisal, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
- Karela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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!
King Faisal form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, King Faisal have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 193 minutes.
Faisal are returning here after visiting Inter Allies in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Faisal has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. King Faisal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ohene Ameyaw Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Karela form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Karela so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Karela manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
There were no winners in Karela's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Hearts of Oak (placed 3rd).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Karela as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Karela have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Karela - Faisal 2-0. King Faisal-Karela H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Faisal zero wins, Karela one win, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).King Faisal missing players
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| King Faisal | Karela | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 27 |
| 30 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 90% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 70% | 86% |
| 57% | 45% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 76% |
| 29% | 18% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 24% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 29% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 29% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 6.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 4.5 | 10.6 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.8 |
| 35% | 56% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 30% |
- Karela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Medeama | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 2 | Asante Kotoko | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Hearts of Oak | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Great Olympics | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Karela | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Dreams | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Ashanti Gold | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | Bechem United | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Aduana Stars | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 10 | WAFA | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | Berekum Chelsea | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| 13 | Elmina Sharks | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | Liberty Professionals | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Wa All Stars | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Eleven Wonders | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 17 | King Faisal | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Inter Allies | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 16 |