Medeama vs Hearts of Oak match preview

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Competition: Wed 12.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akoon Park

4th position in the Premier League table for Medeama so far, a good performance. The home team fans hope for more fun as 7th-placed Hearts of Oak visit Akoon Park.

Insights:
  • Medeama have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
  • Hearts of Oak is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League

Hearts of Oak could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Bibiani Gold Stars. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Medeama form and stats

3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Medeama so far this season.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Berekum Chelsea in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ashanti Gold.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Medeama, as the Premier League home game vs Great Olympics is only four days away.

The Medeama fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Defensively Medeama have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hearts of Oak form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Hearts of Oak have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far.

Hearts have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 278 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.

It's the second away game in a row for Hearts of Oak, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Bibiani Gold Stars (placed 12th) in the Premier League last time out.

A draw for Hearts before that, at their own venue hosting Bechem United (0-0).

A new game in only four days for Hearts, the Premier League home match versus Eleven Wonders. Busy days.

Hearts are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Hearts have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Medeama victories, four draws and two Hearts of Oak wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Medeama missing players

Hearts of Oak missing players

Medeama Hearts of Oak
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 0 5 10
5 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
8 6 3 Scored S 0 5 10
7 2 1 Conceded C 0 5 6
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
36% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 60%
9% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 10%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
18% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 30%
64% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 60%
36% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 30%
 
5.1 7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.2 4.6
3.9 2.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 5.5
2.3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9.2
1.4 2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.2
40% 50% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 35%
 
8.7 3.7 3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.5 10
2.4 2.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1.8 2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Hearts of Oak have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hearts of Oak have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
  • Hearts of Oak haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Hearts of Oak is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League
  • Medeama have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Medeama have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Medeama have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Medeama have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
  • Medeama have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Medeama have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Medeama haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Asante Kotoko 10 7 2 1 16 6 5 3 1 1 8 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 10 23
2 King Faisal 11 7 2 2 15 8 6 5 1 0 9 3 5 2 1 2 6 5 7 23
3 Aduana Stars 11 6 2 3 17 11 6 4 0 2 13 8 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 20
4 Medeama 11 5 4 2 8 7 5 3 2 0 6 2 6 2 2 2 2 5 1 19
5 Bechem United 11 5 3 3 13 7 5 5 0 0 11 1 6 0 3 3 2 6 6 18
6 Great Olympics 11 4 5 2 12 7 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 1 3 2 2 3 5 17
7 Hearts of Oak 10 4 5 1 10 6 5 2 3 0 5 1 5 2 2 1 5 5 4 17
8 Dreams 11 4 4 3 23 21 5 3 1 1 11 8 6 1 3 2 12 13 2 16
9 Real Tamale 11 4 3 4 15 15 6 3 2 1 9 4 5 1 1 3 6 11 0 15
10 Accra Lions 12 4 3 5 9 16 6 3 3 0 6 3 6 1 0 5 3 13 -7 15
11 Karela 11 3 4 4 15 16 6 3 3 0 11 5 5 0 1 4 4 11 -1 13
12 Bibiani Gold Stars 12 4 1 7 12 14 6 4 0 2 7 3 6 0 1 5 5 11 -2 13
13 Berekum Chelsea 12 3 4 5 8 10 6 3 2 1 4 1 6 0 2 4 4 9 -2 13
14 Ashanti Gold 11 3 3 5 5 8 6 1 3 2 3 3 5 2 0 3 2 5 -3 12
15 WAFA 12 3 3 6 7 13 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 0 1 5 0 9 -6 12
16 Wa All Stars 11 2 4 5 8 10 6 1 1 4 4 7 5 1 3 1 4 3 -2 10
17 Eleven Wonders 11 2 3 6 8 14 5 2 2 1 6 4 6 0 1 5 2 10 -6 9
18 Elmina Sharks 11 2 1 8 7 19 5 2 0 3 5 8 6 0 1 5 2 11 -12 7