WAFA vs Liberty Professionals: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Ghana Premier League
Date: Fri 24.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as WAFA welcome Liberty Professionals for the opening game. Read on!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Liberty Professionals have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 1-3-6 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.

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WAFA form and stats

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.

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Liberty Professionals form and stats

Let's have a look at how Liberty Professionals performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 9/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): WAFA 4 wins, 2 draws and Liberty Professionals 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

WAFA missing players

Liberty Professionals missing players

Total First Half Second Half
WAFA Liberty Professionals
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 2 0 Scored S 0 2 6
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 6
60% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 80%
40% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 80%
80% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 20%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
1 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4 4
11 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 7 4.3
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 8 27
7 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 8
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 38%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Liberty Professionals have created more than twice as many corners as WAFA.
  • Liberty Professionals have not yet lost a game away.
  • WAFA have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • WAFA have not yet lost a game.
  • WAFA have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • WAFA have won significantly less corners at home than away.
WAFA Last season Liberty Professionals
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
15 7   Played P   8 15
5 2   Won W   2 4
5 4   Drew D   2 5
5 1   Lost L   4 6
22 12   Scored S   9 15
17 6   Conceded C   11 18
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 93%
87% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 73%
47% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 33%
20% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 13%
13% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 7%
67% 71%   BTTS BTTS   62% 60%
20% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 27%
20% 0%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
3.7 4   Corners For (avg) C F   2.8 3.1
6.2 7   Corners Against (avg) C A   3.6 4.2
1.8 3   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1
1 1   Red Cards R C   0 0
 
95 34   Total Shots T S   57 86
38 18   Shots on Target S O   18 26
13% 11%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 23%

  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

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 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

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