League leaders Wa All Stars face a tricky test on the road as they travel to face a wounded Medeama SC on match day 10 of the 2015/16 Ghana Premier League.
Medeama, despite their good run in the CAF Confederation Cup have struggled on the domestic front so far this season. They are out of the FA Cup race and also place 11th on the league table with 10 points from 9 games in the GPL.
All Stars calmly lead the league table with 20 points. They are currently enjoying some sweet run of victories, losing only one of their nine matches played in the league so far.
Since 2010, when Kessben sold their Premiership status to Medeama, both clubs have met on ten (10) occasions in the league.
All Stars pride themselves with four (4) wins whiles the Yellow and Mauves have two (2) wins, with four (4) ending in a stalemate – 18 goals have been produced with the former whacking in 11 goals and allowed in seven (7).
The Tarkwa-based club has lost only one of their four (4) home games (0-2 against Hearts of Oak) played, and has kept two clean sheets in their last two home games.
All Stars on the other hand, have lost one (2-1 lost to Bechem United) of their four (4) away travels to other clubs and have not failed to score in all of their encounters.
Generally, All Stars have lost only one (1) of their last five (5) matches in the league whiles Medeama have lost three (3) and won two (2) of them.
STATS PREVIEW : MEDEAMA SC VS WA ALL STARS
HEAD-TO-HEAD
2008/09
Kessben 2-1 All Stars
All Stars 1-0 Kessben
2009
Kessben 1-1 All Stars
All Stars 1-0 Kessben
2010/11
All Stars 2-0 Medeama
Medeama 4-1 All Stars
2011/12
Medeama 2-2 All Stars
All Stars 1-1 Medeama
2012/13
Medeama 1-2 All Stars**
All Stars 1-0 Medeama
2013/14
Medeama 1-0 All Stars
All Stars 2-0 Medeama
2014/15
Medeama 0-0 All Stars
All Stars 2-0 Medeama
Total matches played – 16
Medeama wins – 4
Goals scored – 14
All Stars wins – 7
Goals scored – 18
Draw – 5
* MATCH FACTS
* Medeama (Kessben) Day 10 HOME games in the GPL since 2007.
2007-08 Kessben 0-1 Kotoko**
2008-09 Kessben 1-0 St Mirren
2009-10 Kessben 1-1 Liberty
2010-11 Medeama 0-1 Chelsea**
2011-12 Medeama 3-0 Lions
2012-13 Medeama 1-0 Lions
W3 D1 L2 GF6 GA3
* All Stars Day 10 AWAY games in the GPL since 2007.
2007-08 Faisal 2-1 All Stars
2008-09 Lions 1-0 All Stars
2010-11 Edubiase 0-0 All Stars
2014-15 BA United 1-2 All Stars**
W1 D1 L2 GF3 GA4
* The first time Medeama (Kessben) lost @ HOME in the GPL since 2007 is 12th Dec. 2007 in match Day 3 in the 2007-08 season against Liberty Professionals (1-2).
– Since then, Medeama have played 123 league games @ HOME in the GPL.
W76 D33 L14 GF182 GA86
* The last time Medeama lost a game @ HOME in the GPL is 28th Feb. 2016 in match Day 2 in the 2015-16 season against Hearts of Oak (0-2).
– Since then, Medeama have played 3 HOME game (270 mins) so far in the GPL.
W3 GF5 GA1
* Medeama (Kessben) have lost 14 out of 124 HOME games so far in the GPL since 2007.
12/12/07 Kessben 1-2 Liberty
02/01/08 Kessben 0-1 Arsenal
13/01/08 Kessben 0-1 Kotoko
28/03/10 Kessben 0-3 Chelsea
31/03/10 Kessben 1-5 Edubiase
07/11/10 Medeama 0-1 Chelsea
05/06/11 Medeama 0-1 Kotoko
11/10/11 Medeama 1-2 All Stars
19/02/12 Medeama 0-1 Kotoko
04/11/12 Medeama 0-1 Kotoko
05/05/13 Medeama 1-2 Liberty
02/10/13 Medeama 0-1 Lions
14/12/13 Medeama 0-1 Inter-Allies
20/02/14 Medeama 0-1 Kotoko
28/02/16 Medeama 0-2 Hearts
* Medeama (Kessben) HOME matches in the month of MAY in the GPL since 2007.
11/05/08 Kessben 2-0 Sportive
21/05/08 Kessben 2-0 Zaytuna
31/05/08 Kessben 1-0 RTU
03/05/09 Kessben 3-1 Tema Youth
13/05/09 Kessben 1-1 RTU
24/05/09 Kessben 3-2 Chelsea
02/05/10 Kessben 3-2 Hearts
12/05/10 Kessben 2-1 Faisal
02/05/11 Medeama 2-1 Mighty Jet
22/05/11 Medeama 2-1 Liberty
02/05/12 Medeama 2-1 Chelsea
20/05/12 Medeama 2-1 Aduana
05/05/13 Medeama 1-2 Liberty**
12/05/13 Medeama 3-0 RTU
30/05/13 Medeama 1-0 All Stars
14/05/14 Medeama 3-0 Liberty
21/05/14 Medeama 2-0 Chelsea
W15 D1 L1 GF35 GA13
* Medeama have met All Stars ONCE @ HOME in the month of MAY in the GPL on 30th May, 2013 in match Day 28 in the 2012-13 season which Medeama won 1-0.
* All Stars AWAY matches so far in the month of MAY in the GPL since 2007.
11/05/08 Tema Youth 0-3 All Stars**
21/05/08 Liberty 3-1 All Stars
31/05/08 Hasaacas 4-1 All Stars
03/05/09 AshGold 0-0 All Stars
13/05/09 All Blacks 0-1 All Stars**
24/05/09 Arsenal 1-0 All Stars
05/05/10 AshGold 3-1 All Stars
02/05/11 Arsenal 1-0 All Stars
22/05/11 AshGold 0-0 All Stars
02/05/12 Bechem Utd 1-0 All Stars
20/05/12 Tema Youth 1-0 All Stars
05/05/13 Dwarfs 2-1 All Stars
12/05/13 Tema Youth 1-1 All Stars
30/05/13 Medeama 1-0 All Stars
W2 D3 L9 GF9 GA18
* Medeama (Kessben) have so far played 124 HOME games in the GPL since 2007.
W76 D33 L15 GF185 GA88
* The first time All Stars won an AWAY game in the GPL since 2007 is 11th May, 2008 in match Day 18 in the 2007-08 season against Tema Youth (0-3).
– Since then, All Stars have played 115 AWAY games in the GPL.
W21 D31 L63 GF91 GA143
* The last time All Stars won an AWAY game in the GPL is 3rd Apr. 2016 in match Day 6 in the 2015-16 season against Hearts of Oak (1-3).
– Since then, All Stars have played 1 AWAY game (90 mins) so far in the GPL.
L1 GF1 GA2
* All Stars have so far played 124 AWAY games in the GPL since 2007.
W22 D32 L70 GF96 GA156
* The last AWAY side to prevent Medeama from scoring @ HOME in the GPL is Hearts of Oak who secured 2-0 win on 28th Feb. 2016 in match Day 2 in the 2015-16 season.
* Medeama (Kessben) have kept 73 clean sheets out of 249 games in the GPL since 2007.
* All Stars have kept 108 clean sheets out of 248 games in the GPL since 2007.
* Medeama (Kessben) Best position in the GPL since 2007 is 3rd with 50 points in the 2012-13 season.
* All Stars Best position in the GPL since 2007 is 6th with 44 points in the 2013-14 season.
* Medeama (Kessben) worse performance in the GPL since 2007 is 11th in 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons with 40 points and 41 points respectively.
* All Stars worse performance in the GPL since 2007 is 11th with 39 points in the 2010-11 season.
* Medeama last 5 games in the 2015-16 GPL.
30/03/16 Chelsea 1-0 Medeama (Day 5)
03/04/16 Medeama 2-0 Bechem Utd (Day 6)
14/04/16 Hasaacas 2-0 Medeama (Day 7)
24/04/16 Aduana 3-0 Medeama (Day 9)
27/04/16 Medeama 1-0 Inter-Allies (Day 8)
W2 L3 GF3 GA6
* All Stars last 5 games in the 2015-16 GPL.
20/03/16 All Stars 1-0 Edubiase (Day 5)
03/04/16 Hearts 1-3 All Stars (Day 6)
10/04/16 All Stars 1-0 Dwarfs (Day 7)
20/04/16 Bechem Utd 2-1 All Stars (Day 8)
24/04/16 All Stars 2-0 Inter-Allies (Day 9)
W4 L1 GF8 GA3
* Medeama are currently 11th with 10 points after 9 games while All Stars on the other hand are 1st with 20 points on the Ghana top-flight log.
Stats compiled by: Isaac Amponsah (Dr Ike) and Bright Yeboah Taylor
