It's ground zero in Premier League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how WAFA and Hearts of Oak did in their pre-season friendlies!
It's no vacation for neither WAFA nor Hearts of Oak as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hearts of Oak play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Hearts of Oak when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 7 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.
WAFA form and stats
WAFA are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
WAFA are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Inter Allies awaits in four days.
Last season, WAFA's league statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Premier League. Over these 15 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season WAFA managed 2-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 6 conceded.
Hearts of Oak form and stats
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Liberty Professionals.
Let's have a look at how Hearts of Oak performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 13 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 5/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between the teams: WAFA won 2, Hearts of Oak won 4 and 3 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.WAFA missing players
Hearts of Oak missing players
| WAFA | Hearts of Oak | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| WAFA | Last season | Hearts of Oak | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 47% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 21% | ||
| 13% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 67% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6 | ||
| 6.2 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 95 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 84 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 26 | ||
| 13% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Asante Kotoko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ashanti Gold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bechem United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Berekum Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dreams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Eleven Wonders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Elmina Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Great Olympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hearts of Oak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Inter Allies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Karela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | King Faisal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Liberty Professionals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Medeama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Wa All Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | WAFA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Ashanti Gold | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Karela | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Asante Kotoko | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Inter Allies | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Dreams | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | WAFA | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Elmina Sharks | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Berekum Chelsea | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Bechem United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Eleven Wonders | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Liberty Professionals | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Hearts of Oak | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Aduana Stars | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Wa All Stars | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 10 |