Premier League match preview and statistics: Liberty Professionals fight King Faisal

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Sun 18.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dansoman Park (2000 seats)

It's been rough for Liberty Professionals so far, and I guess you could say the same about King Faisal. The strugglers have a chance for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Liberty Professionals have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Premier League
  • King Faisal have the the worst goal difference (-13) 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!

Professionals are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Faisal are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Liberty Professionals form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Liberty Professionals are 7-6-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Professionals drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hearts of Oak (placed 1st).

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Karela.

Liberty Professionals have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dansoman Park with 24 goals in 16 league matches. Professionals's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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King Faisal form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for King Faisal so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-10 (win-draw-lose). Visiting King Faisal has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Faisal go into this game after a win, the home game against Ebusua Dwarfs that ended 2-0.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Asante Kotoko that ended 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Faisal as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. The King Faisal manager has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was King Faisal - Liberty Professionals 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Liberty Professionals four wins, two draws and King Faisal four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Liberty Professionals missing players

King Faisal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liberty Professionals King Faisal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
10 7 2 Won W 2 2 10
9 6 1 Drew D 1 4 10
14 3 1 Lost L 1 10 13
33 24 8 Scored S 3 12 32
45 18 4 Conceded C 2 33 45
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
73% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 75% 64%
33% 44% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 27%
21% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 21%
15% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 12%
42% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 45%
30% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 30%
36% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 30%
 
3.5 3.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 2.9 3.4
3.2 2.9 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.2 4
1.3 1.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 9.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.8 8.3
3.1 3.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 2.7
37% 42% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 39%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • King Faisal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • King Faisal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • King Faisal have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Premier League
  • King Faisal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Liberty Professionals have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Liberty Professionals have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) 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 Hearts of Oak 33 17 10 6 45 22 17 12 4 1 34 9 16 5 6 5 11 13 23 61
2 Asante Kotoko 33 15 12 6 37 21 16 9 4 3 22 10 17 6 8 3 15 11 16 57
3 WAFA 33 15 8 10 45 38 16 11 4 1 33 17 17 4 4 9 12 21 7 53
4 Aduana Stars 33 15 7 11 42 41 16 12 4 0 25 8 17 3 3 11 17 33 1 52
5 Medeama 33 14 9 10 36 34 16 11 4 1 25 10 17 3 5 9 11 24 2 51
6 Dreams 33 13 10 10 44 33 17 12 2 3 32 11 16 1 8 7 12 22 11 49
7 Great Olympics 33 14 7 12 35 32 16 9 4 3 19 9 17 5 3 9 16 23 3 49
8 Karela 33 12 10 11 41 39 17 11 3 3 28 16 16 1 7 8 13 23 2 46
9 Berekum Chelsea 33 12 7 14 38 45 17 11 5 1 29 12 16 1 2 13 9 33 -7 43
10 Ashanti Gold 33 10 12 11 43 36 16 8 6 2 25 9 17 2 6 9 18 27 7 42
11 Eleven Wonders 33 11 9 13 31 34 17 9 4 4 21 12 16 2 5 9 10 22 -3 42
12 Bechem United 33 11 9 13 37 45 17 10 6 1 27 11 16 1 3 12 10 34 -8 42
13 King Faisal 33 10 10 13 32 45 17 8 6 3 20 12 16 2 4 10 12 33 -13 40
14 Wa All Stars 33 10 9 14 31 33 16 7 6 3 21 12 17 3 3 11 10 21 -2 39
15 Liberty Professionals 33 10 9 14 33 45 16 7 6 3 24 18 17 3 3 11 9 27 -12 39
16 Ebusua Dwarfs 33 11 8 14 38 43 16 7 5 4 19 16 17 4 3 10 19 27 -5 38
17 Elmina Sharks 33 9 11 13 33 45 17 9 6 2 21 13 16 0 5 11 12 32 -12 38
18 Inter Allies 33 7 5 21 28 38 17 7 2 8 21 18 16 0 3 13 7 20 -10 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 Hearts of Oak 33 17 10 6 45 22 17 12 4 1 34 9 16 5 6 5 11 13 23 61
2 Asante Kotoko 33 15 12 6 37 21 16 9 4 3 22 10 17 6 8 3 15 11 16 57
3 WAFA 33 15 8 10 45 38 16 11 4 1 33 17 17 4 4 9 12 21 7 53
4 Aduana Stars 33 15 7 11 42 41 16 12 4 0 25 8 17 3 3 11 17 33 1 52
5 Medeama 33 14 9 10 36 34 16 11 4 1 25 10 17 3 5 9 11 24 2 51
6 Dreams 33 13 10 10 44 33 17 12 2 3 32 11 16 1 8 7 12 22 11 49
7 Great Olympics 33 14 7 12 35 32 16 9 4 3 19 9 17 5 3 9 16 23 3 49
8 Karela 33 12 10 11 41 39 17 11 3 3 28 16 16 1 7 8 13 23 2 46
9 Berekum Chelsea 33 12 7 14 38 45 17 11 5 1 29 12 16 1 2 13 9 33 -7 43
10 Ashanti Gold 33 10 12 11 43 36 16 8 6 2 25 9 17 2 6 9 18 27 7 42
11 Eleven Wonders 33 11 9 13 31 34 17 9 4 4 21 12 16 2 5 9 10 22 -3 42
12 Bechem United 33 11 9 13 37 45 17 10 6 1 27 11 16 1 3 12 10 34 -8 42
13 King Faisal 33 10 10 13 32 45 17 8 6 3 20 12 16 2 4 10 12 33 -13 40
14 Wa All Stars 33 10 9 14 31 33 16 7 6 3 21 12 17 3 3 11 10 21 -2 39
15 Liberty Professionals 33 10 9 14 33 45 16 7 6 3 24 18 17 3 3 11 9 27 -12 39
16 Ebusua Dwarfs 33 11 8 14 38 43 16 7 5 4 19 16 17 4 3 10 19 27 -5 38
17 Elmina Sharks 33 9 11 13 33 45 17 9 6 2 21 13 16 0 5 11 12 32 -12 38
18 Inter Allies 33 7 5 21 28 38 17 7 2 8 21 18 16 0 3 13 7 20 -10 26

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