Saturday 9 May 2015

Travelling Distance covered by Ghana League Clubs

A study conducted by GhFootballFacts has confirmed that Premier League side Wa All Stars has the longest traveling  distance in the league with a total traveling distance of  10,797.5 miles across the other 15 league sides who are scatted on the map of Ghana, this  means Wa All stars cover an average of  359.9 miles Per an away game,  with the longest journey being their trips to Kpando which covers a total of 489.2 miles a journey that takes them 10 h 29 min by road. Their shortest trip in the league is their journey to Sunyani where B A United are based, with a traveling distance of  219.4 miles, that involves a traveling time of 4:30min. The three visits of Wa All Stars to Accra alone (2552.7miles) is more than the entire first round journey made by Liberty Professionals (1375.4miles). It is more interesting to note that the first round journey of Wa All Stars in the league (5908.8miles) is more than the entire seasonal journey of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, whose geographical location places them as the least traveling side in the league with a total traveling distance of 4129.3miles, the longest journey Kumasi Asante Kotoko embarks is to Wa which covers (278.3miles), with their journey to Obuasi (37.4miles) being the shortest journey
In the first round of the league, Liberty Professionals  made the least travels with a distance of 1375.4miles, having had most of the teams in the Northern belt of the country visiting the Dasoman Liberty Stadium, They are followed by Asante Kotoko with a traveling distance of 1410.5 miles.
Teams like Aduana Stars  (4134.8miles), Kpando Heart of Lions (3913.8 miles),and B A United ( 3154.0miles) are some of the clubs who crossed the 3106.8miles mark in the first round of the league

With the expected return of the league for the second round, it is projected that Wa All Stars will still travel the longest distance of 4888.9 miles with their journey to Kpando as the longest, they will also make journeys to Sekondi, and Kumasi, newly promoted WAFA must brace themselves as they will follow as the second team to have the most travels, they are expected to make a traveling distance of 3669.0 miles with trips to Wa, Dormaa, Tarkwa, and Obuasi. Liberty Professionals are third on the Rader with a projected traveling distance of 3424.6 miles, Liberty did not travel beyond the southern belt in the first round, except for their  game against Asante Kotoko, they will visit all the Brong Ahafo clubs, Plus Wa, and Obuasi.
New Edubiase will save more fuel in the second round with the least  journey distance totaling 1734.6 miles. Inter Allies will also not travel much with a projected traveling distance of 1570.2 miles.
Below is the total distance covered by all 16 premier league clubs, and analysis for both first and second round:
1. Wa  All stars Total : 17,377.4km 1st round - 9509.4km  2nd round - 7868km
2. Heart of lions Total: 11463.8km  1st round- 6298.8km  2nd round- 5165km
3. Aduana stars Total: 10092.2km 1st round- 6654.4km   2nd round- 3437.8km
4. WAFA Total: 9790.4km   1st  round - 3885.6km  2nd round- 5904.8km
5. Berekum Chelsea Total : 9166.2km   1st round - 4149.4km     2nd round - 5016.8km
6. Sekondi Hasaacas Total : 8769.6km  1st round - 4558.6km    2nd round - 4211km
7. Medeama SC Total : 8746.4km 1st round -  4034.2km   2nd round -  4712.2km
8. BA UNITED total : 8279.8km   1st round - 5076km   2nd round -  3202km
9. Hearts of Oak Total: 7725km 1st round - 3422.6km   2nd round - 4302.4km
10. Great Olympics  Total: 7725km 1st round - 3275km   2nd round - 4450km
11. Liberty Professionals Total: 7725km 1st round - 2213.6km 2nd round - 5511.4km
12. Inter Allies Total: 7493.8km  1st round - 4966.4km   2nd round 2527.4km
13. Bechem United Total : 7557.2km    1st round 2473km  2nd round - 5084.2km
14. New Edubiase Total : 7105.8km 1st round - 4314.2km   2nd round -  2791.6km
15. Ashantigold Total : 7105.8km 1st round - 3418.2km  2nd round- 3687.6km
16. Asante Kotoko Total - 6645.6km 1st round - 2270km  2nd round - 4375.6km