PREVIEW- Hearts vs Medeama: FACTS & FIGURES

Accra Hearts of Oak will seek to grab all three points in their first home game in this season’s Ghana Premier League, having drawn goalless in thier first game of the season away to Inter-Allies.
Medeama on the other won their first gamne of the season through a solitary goal against WAFA at their Tarkwa home and will seek to repeat the victory they posted over Hearts at the Accra Sports Stadium last term.
Below are past games between the two sides in numbers:
HEARTS OF OAK VS MEDEAMA
* HEAD-TO-HEAD
2007/08
Kessben 1-0 Hearts
Hearts 2-0 Kessben
2008/09
Hearts 1-0 Kessben
Kessben 0-0 Hearts
2009/10
Hearts 1-0 Kessben
Kessben 3-2 Hearts
2010/11
Medeama 1-0 Hearts
Hearts 2-3 Medeama **29/05/11 (Day 29)
2011/12
Hearts 2-1 Medeama
Medeama 1-1 Hearts
2012/13
Hearts 1-3 Medeama ** 30/12/12 (Day 14)
Medeama 1-1 Hearts
2013/14
Hearts 0-1 Medeama ** 13/11/13(Day 12)
Medeama 2-1 Hearts
2014/15
Hearts 2-2 Medeama
Medeama 0-0 Hearts
2015/16
Medeama 0-2 Hearts **
Hearts 0-1 Medeama** 14/09/16 (Day 29)
Total matches played – 18
Hearts wins – 5
Goals scored – 18
Medeama wins – 8
Goals scored – 20
Drawn games – 5
* MATCH FACTS
* The last time Medeama won @ Hearts of Oak HOME grounds in the GPL is 14th Sept. 2016 in match Day 29 in the 2015-16 season.
* Hearts of Oak Day 2 HOME games in the GPL since 1999.
2000 Hearts 4-0 Kotoko
2001 Hearts 2-1 RTU
2003 Hearts 2-0 Hasaacas
2006-07 Hearts 1-0 All Blacks
2008-09 Hearts 2-1 Arsenal
2009-10 Hearts 0-2 Faisal **
2011-12 Hearts 2-1 Mighty Jets
2012-13 Hearts 5-2 Edubiase
2013-14 Hearts 0-1 Kotoko **
W7 L2 GF18 GA8
* Medeama (Kessben) Day 2 AWAY games in the GPL since 2007.
2007-08 Faisal 0-1 Kessben **
2011-12 Aduana 1-0 Medeama
W1 L1 GF1 GA1
* The first time Hearts of Oak lost @ HOME in the GPL since 1999 is 24th Mar. 1999 in match Day 5 in the 1999 season against Great Olympics (0-1).
– Since then, Hearts have played 244 HOME games in the GPL.
W156 D53 L35 GF434 GA185
* The last time Hearts of Oak lost @ HOME in the GPL is 14th Sept. 2016 in match Day 29 in the 2015-16 season against Medeama (0-1).
– Since then, Hearts of Oak are yet to play HOME game in the GPL.
* Hearts of Oak have lost 36 out of 247 HOME games in the GPL since 1999.
* Hearts of Oak have so far played 247 HOME games in the GPL since 1999.
W158 D53 L36 GF440 GA187
* The last AWAY side to prevent Hearts of Oak from scoring @ HOME in the GPL is Medeama who won 1-0 on 14th Sept. 2016 in match Day 29 in the 2015-16 season.
* The first time Medeama (Kessben) won an AWAY game in the GPL since 2007 is 9th Dec. 2007 in match Day 2 in the 2007-08 season against King Faisal (0-1).
– Since then, Medeama have played 133 AWAY games in the GPL.
W23 D34 L76 GF184 GA317
* The last time Medeama won an AWAY game in GPL is 14th Sept. 2016 in match Day 29 in the 2015-16 season against Hearts of Oak (0-1).
– Since then, Medeama is yet to play an AWAY game in the GPL.
* Medeama (Kessben) have so far played 135 AWAY games in the GPL since 2007.
W24 D34 L77 GF100 GA191
* Hearts of Oak HOME matches in the month of FEBRUARY in the GPL since 1999.
07/02/99 Hearts 4-1 Afienya Utd
14/02/99 Hearts 2-0 Liberty
15/02/07 Hearts 2-1 Hasaacas
24/02/07 Hearts 0-1 Tema Youth **
11/02/09 Hearts 2-1 AshGold
07/02/10 Hearts 2-3 Liberty **
21/02/10 Hearts 0-0 AshGold
26/02/12 Hearts 0-0 Bechem Utd
24/02/13 Hearts 1-0 Faisal
05/02/14 Hearts 0-3 All Stars **
26/02/14 Hearts 0-0 Dwarfs
04/02/15 Hearts 1-1 Liberty
11/02/15 Hearts 1-2 Edubiase **
25/02/15 Hearts 3-2 Aduana
21/02/16 Hearts 1-0 Edubiase
W7 D4 L4 GF19 GA15
* Medeama (Kessben) AWAY matches in the month of FEBRUARY in the GPL since 2007.
24/02/08 Zaytuna 1-1 Kessben
08/02/09 Liberty 1-1 Kessben
03/02/10 Kotoko 2-0 Kessben
07/02/10 Lions 1-0 Kessben
21/02/10 RTU 3-1 Kessben
26/02/12 Dwarfs 1-0 Medeama
24/02/13 Tema Youth 4-0 Medeama
23/02/14 Inter-Allies 2-2 Medeama
26/02/14 Edubiase 0-1 Medeama **
04/02/15 WAFA 1-0 Medeama
22/02/15 Bechem Utd 2-1 Medeama
21/02/16 AshGold 2-1 Medeama
W1 D3 L8 GF8 GA20
* Hearts of Oak have so far kept 212 CLEAN SHEETS out of 495 games in the GPL since 1999.
* Medeama (Kessben) have so far kept 81 CLEAN SHEETS out of 271 in the GPL since 2007.
* Hearts of Oak have won the Ghana League title on 19 occasions since the competition started in 1958.
* Medeama (Kessben) Best position in the Ghana Premier League since 2007 is 3rd with 50 points in the 2012-13 season.
* Hearts of Oak worse performance in the Ghana League since the competition started in 1958 is 13th with 40 points in the 2014-15 season.
* Medeama (Kessben) worse performance in the Ghana Premier League since 2007 is 11th in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons with 40 points and 41 points respectively.
* Hearts of Oak are currently 6th with 1 point after Day 1 games while Medeama on the other hand are 5th with 3 points on the Ghana top-flight log.