MTN FA Cup Semi-Final Double-Header In Kumasi On Sunday

The Ghana Premier League (GPL) takes a break this weekend to make way for the MTN FA Cup semi-final duels which comes off in Kumasi on Sunday.

Both games will be played at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi and will see two Premier League clubs taking on opponents from the second tier competition.

It will be the first ever double-header semi-final games in the history of the competition to be played at the same venue and will see GPL outfit Bechem United facing Wa Rockets of the GN Bank Division One League (DOL) in the first semi-final match which will kick off at 3:00pm.

Bechem United kicked out Asante Kotoko on penalties in the quarter-finals stage and will be the odds on favourites to advance to the final of the competition.

Wa Rockets advanced to this stage after beating Wa All Stars 1-0 in a fierce Upper West regional derby played at the Wa Park.

The second game of the day will kick off at 6:00pm and will see the 1986 winners Okwahu United of the DOL taking on Premiership side, Liberty Professionals at the same venue.

Okwahu United beat Premiership outfit, WAFA 1-0 at the quarter-final stage of the competition with Liberty accounting for another DOL side, Elmina Sharks 3-0.

The FA Cup Committee has announced ticket prices for this weekend’s games as:

Popular Stand – GH¢ 3.00 (MTN Credit included)

VIP – GH¢ 10.00 (MTN Credit included)

 

MTN FA Cup Semi-Final Double-Header In Kumasi On Sunday

GPL Match Report: Liberty Thump Hasaacas in Dansoman

Liberty Professionals bounced back from a seven game winless streak to record an impressive 4-0 win over Sekondi Hasaacas in their Ghana Premier League Match Week 22 encounter at the Carle Reindorf Park on Wednesday afternoon.

Striker Felix Addo, who started the game in the absence of Bernard Arthur, opened the scoring just after the half hour after he was set up by strike partner Latif Blessing.

Addo made no mistake, striking the ball from just outside the penalty box to slot the ball beyond Michael Abu in the Hasaacas goal.

That proved to be the only goal of the half and both sides went into the dressing room with a win within their grasp.

The second half however started in a more exciting manner than the first with the home side doubling their lead just three minutes after the restart.

Latif Blessing picked up a lose ball from the edge of the penalty area and run past two Hasmal defenders to slot home his 11th goal of the season.

The highly rated attacker added his second and Liberty’s third five minutes later after a fine inter play with midfielder Tamimu Muntari.

Felix Addo and Kennedy Ashia both had chances to increase Liberty’s lead but failed to take them.

Addo blasted a glorious opportunity over the bar and Ashia’s goal bound shot was deflected for a corner.

But despite picking up a knock in the second half, it was Blessing who completed his hatrick of the afternoon on 73 minutes with a close range finish.

The youngster was substituted just 6 minutes later and was replaced by former Hasaacas man Benjamin Eshun.

That substitution did not make any impact on the game with the Dansoman based side comfortably finishing the cross line.

 

GPL Match Report: Liberty Thump Hasaacas in Dansoman

GPL: Huge Boost For Liberty Ahead of Hasaacas Clash

Ahead of their Ghana Premier League Week 22 clash against Sekondi Hassacas on Wednesday, Liberty Professionals have received a huge boost in their team selection as they welcome four of the five key players who missed last weekend’s game against Aduana Stars.

Skipper Samuel Sarfo, midfielder Gerald Arkson and top scorer Latif Blessing have all recovered from their injuries while midfielder anchorman Edward Ebo Mends returns from a one-game suspension following his sending off against Medeama on Match week 20.

The only notable absentee for the fame against Hasaacas will be striker Bernard Arthur who is yet to recover from a slight illness.

The return of the quartet will be huge sigh of relief for the Scientific Soccer Lads who have struggled to win games in recent times.

Liberty Professionals have recorded a win in their last six outings and are currently sitting 9th on the log with 9 matches to go.

A win over Hasaacas in midweek will be a huge morale booster as the Dansoman based side prepare for their MTN FA Cup semi final fixture with Division side Okwawu United on Sunday.

GPL: Huge Boost For Liberty Ahead of Hasaacas Clash

Tragic: Liberty Youth Goalie Dead

Liberty Youth Goalkeeper, Issaka Abubakar Mohammed has passed on at the 37 military hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning, SportsCrusader.com can confirm.

His death come two days after colliding with an opponent striker while playing for the Dansoman based side in an invitational tournament at the St. Thomas Aquinas Park.

The 18-year old who has been on the  radar of Liberty Professionals for the past two years was trying to prevent an early goal when the knee of an on rushing striker collided with his chest.

Following the incident, Issaka was rushed to the Police Hospital and was referred to the 37 military hospital due to Scarcity of beds.

He regain consciousness at the Hospital before where he was pronounced dead on Sunday morning.

His body will be laid to rest on Monday morning according to the customs of the Islamic religion.

Tragic: Liberty Youth Goalie Dead

Liberty To Miss 5 Key Players For Aduana Clash

Liberty Professionals will go into this weekend’s Ghana Premier League Match Week 21 clash with Aduana Stars as a depleted side with as many as five first team players set to miss out.

SportsCrusader.com can confirm that, the Dansoman based side will be without their leading scorer Latif Blessing, midfield maestro Gerald Arkson as well as Skipper Samuel Sarfo, through injuries while Edward Ebo Mends and Bernard Arthur will also be missing through suspension and illness respectively.

The quintet have all been instrumental in the Scientific Soccer Lads imperious run of form in the first round of the campaign and their absence will be a big Blow to trainer George Lamptey who admitted his job is not secured following last weekend’s home defeat to Dreams FC.

In their absence, the coach is likely to maintain his trust in young defender Moro Lamine to partner veteran Maxwell Mensah in the central back role with Tamimu Muntari partnering Daniel Kodie and Kennedy Ashia in the midfield three.

Meanwhile the Liberty technical team have included striker Benjamin Eshun who is yet to fully recover from illness in the squad for the Aduana game and the former Hasaacas man is likely to partner Baba Zakari and babamu Addo in the front three.

Left back Richard Antwi will also provide Liberty with a boost in defense after missing out on the midweek clash with Medeama following his sending off in the defeat against Dreams FC last weekend.

Liberty are without a win in their last five games and a defeat against Aduana will further compound the pressure on George Lamptey and his technical team as their future with the club continues to be shrouded in doubt.

Liberty To Miss 5 Key Players For Aduana Clash

Liberty Star Man Eyes Hearts, Kotoko Move

Sensational Liberty professionals’ forward,  Latif Atta Blessing has expressed his desire to join one of Hearts of Oak or Asante Kotoko next season.

The 19-year old has been terrific for the Scientific Soccer lads in this Ghana Premier League, scoring 10 goals plus a number of assists and is in serious contention to be pick the GPL player of the year award at the end of the season.

But unlike many local players who solely look to join clubs abroad after one successful season in the Ghanaian top flight, Blessing has revealed that he is open to move in the domestic League with Hearts of Oak and Kotoko been his preferred future destinations.

“Every player wants to play for a big club in his career”,  he said in an interview, adding that,  “I just pray to God that next season I can join another club, either Hearts of Oak or Asante Kotoko, or perhaps travel to Europe”

The youngster, whose fine form this season has already earned him a call up into the Local Black Stars is second on the GPL top goal scorers chart behind Aduana Stars’ Yahaya Mohammed.

But just he noted at the beginning of the season, Latif Blessing is still optimistic about wining the goal king award at the end of the 2015/2016 campaign.

“I just pray to God to enable me win the award, if it is his will that I win the goal king definitely I will win,” he said in optimism.

Blessing will hope to continue with his great form for Liberty Professionals when the Dansoman based side square off against Dreams FC at their favourite Carle Reindorf Park this Sunday.

The Scientific Soccer Lads are in search of their first win in five matches.

Liberty Star Man Eyes Hearts, Kotoko Move

Liberty Skipper Backs New Edubiase To Stay Up

Liberty Professionals captain, Samuel Sarfo has backed New Edubiase United to move out of the relegation zone by the end of the 2015/2016 Ghana Premier League campaign. 

Despite leading the Scientific Soccer lads to a home win and an away draw against the Bekwai based side, the 25-year old defender believes that New Edubiase have what it takes to maintain their top flight status.

Speaking exclusively to SportsCrusader.com following his side’s 1-1 draw with Edubiase on match week 18 over the weekend, Sarfo said there is still time for them to move up the ladder.

“Their[New Edubiase] position on the log didn’t have an effect on the game on Sunday”, he said.

“They are in the relegation Zone buy they have chances of moving up because the league is still young and they are playing good football”,  Sarfo added.

New Edubiase have only managed just four wins and four draws in 18 matches  and are currently bottom of the league log with 16 points, 4 points adrift of safety.

With wins proven hard to come by, Coach Anthony Commey’s side will hope to deny the odds when they travel to Dormaa to play Aduana Stars on Wednesday.

Liberty Skipper Backs New Edubiase To Stay Up

Liberty Coach Bemoans Poor Display

Head Coach of Liberty Professionals, George Lamptey has said that his side did not play well during their 1-1 with Hearts of Oak at the Accra Sports Stadium on Wednesday.  

Hearts started the game the strongest and their effort in the first half was paid off when inform striker Cosmos Dauda beat his marker to give them the lead on 29 miss.

But the Scientific Soccer Lads recovered their rhythm in the second half, getting the equalizer through striker Bernard Arthur who was later sent off for a second yellow card.

However, the Dansoman based side could not go on to win the ties despite some obvious lapses in the Phobians defense.

And addressing the media after the game, Trainer George Lamptey expressed dissatisfaction about his side’s performance.

According to him, Liberty could have easily repeated what happened in the in the first round had they played a little bit better.

He indicated that Hearts of Oak style of play in the game made it difficult for his players to adopt.

Lamptey further revealed the reason behind his decision to start the with the traditional 4:4:2 formation instead of the usual 4:3:3.

“I decided to go with the 4:4:2 because of officiating in recent times. Referees don’t protect Blessing if he is playing central so I decided to play him on the wings to protect him.

“But once we went down, I had to revert to our normal style and we equalized “, Lamptey concluded.

Liberty Coach Bemoans Poor Display

FA Cup History Doesn"t Favour The Big Teams- Liberty Skipper

Ahead of his side’s MTN FA Cup quarter final clash with Division One League club Elmina Sharks, Liberty Professionals captain, Samuel Sarfo says the history of the competition doesn’t favour the big teams.

The FA since it’s reinstatement in 2011, has produced several surprises and with three second tier clubs in the last eight of this season’s edition, there is still a tendency that a surprise winner will emerge.

Having played all their previous Fixtures away from the Carle Reindorf, Liberty will host Elmina Sharks in the quarter final on Saturday and sheaf of the game, Skipper Samuel Sarfo has warned his side against complacency.

“Liberty is bigger than Elmina Sharks and we are ahead of them in terms of performance”, Sarfo told SportsCrusader.com in an exclusive interview.

“But the history of the FA Cup has not been favoring the big teams especially those who approach it with complacent attitude and underestimation.

” So for us, we have task ourselves to lift the FA Cup trophy. we hope to exhibit the best of our performance and comply to every instructions that were given to us to reach this far.

” And I think input will determine the results”, Sarfo added.

In a related development, Samuel Sarfo has expressed delight the Liberty’s top scorer in the FA Cup, Bernard Arthur has been declared fit for the quarter final tie.

“I am happy our main man, Bernard is doing great in training. He has been splendid throughout thus campaign and he will be important for us on Saturday”, the captain concluded.

FA Cup History Doesn"t Favour The Big Teams- Liberty Skipper

MTN FA Cup: Liberty Skipper Wary Of Sharks Threat

Liberty Professionals Skipper, Samuel Sarfo has revealed that his side are aware of the threat posed by Elmina Sharks as the two teams prepare to face each other in the MTN FA Cup quarter final at the Carle Reindorf Park on Saturday.

The Elmina based side remain the only unbeaten team in Ghana football having gone the whole of the first round without a single defeat in the GN Bank Division One League.

But with the FA Cup trophy being Liberty’s only realistic chances of a silverware thus season, captain Samuel Sarfo says they are approaching the game like a league fixture.

“We are aware they are yet to lose a game but I don’t think they have played a team of our quality this season. So they should come prepared because the house is full now and ready to tear them apart”, Sarfo told SportsCrusader.com in an interview.

“I haven’t watch them but I know they are a good side so we are approaching the game like a league match”, he added.

Elmina Sharks reached the quarter final of the 2015/2016 MTN FA Cup after beating Premier League side Ebusua Dwarfs in the Previous round while Liberty saw off Division One side Samartex.

MTN FA Cup: Liberty Skipper Wary Of Sharks Threat

Liberty Professionals Open Trials Underway

Ghana Premier League side Liberty Professionals have started a 3-day Justify Your Inclusion exercise at the club’s training grounds in Dansoman.

The exercise, which started on Tuesday morning will close on Thursday and is aimed at recruiting exceptional talents into the club’s Academy set up

Liberty Professionals Open Trials Underway

Liberty Eyes Four Top Finish

Captain of Liberty Professionals, Samuel Sarfo has said a top-four finish for the side this season is a realistic target.

The scientific soccer lads continued their impressive league performance with a 1-0 win over a Lackluster Hearts of Oak in their week 14 encounter at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The win moved the Danson based side up 4th on the table and captain maverick, Sarfo who had a great game has a mentioned a top 4 is the target of the season.

“You know last season wasn’t that impressive, so this season we decided to at least put in more effort and up our grade,” he told Ghana Sports Newspaper.

“At the end of the season we are looking forward in making it into the top four. We want to finish in the top four at the end of the season, and the first round is almost ending so we are taking it match after match.

“Not at all, unless we go by our own ways but if we are to comply by what our Coaches will tell us I think we can overtake any of them at the top four, We have been there before so we just have to go by what the Coaches will tell us.”

Liberty’s final game in the first round of the league is at home to bottom placed on the log,  Ebusua Dwarfs.

Liberty Eyes Four Top Finish

Liberty Youngster Trolls Hearts On Social Media

Following their 1-0 over Hearts of Oak at the Accra Sports Stadium, Liberty Professionals youngster, Gerald Arkson has taken to social media to troll the Phobians, claiming that the Scientific Soccer Lads ‘Killed and Burried’ them.

A 17th minute goal from winger Issah Shaibu was enough to hand the Dansoman based side all three points against their Accra rivals.

Arkson, 18 was impressive all afternoon and after the game, he took to his Facebook timeline to express views on his own performance.

“We [Liberty Professionals] killed them, Swallowed them and burried them in the end. Good football, team Liberty, Great fight”, he wrote.

However, Arkson was sorry for his friends Ollenu Ashitey and Isaac Mensah who were on the losing side.

“Sorry for Ollenu and Hearts’ Messi [Isaac Mensah]. It is Gerald Arkson on the ball”, he concluded.

Liberty Youngster Trolls Hearts On Social Media

Match Reports: Hearts Lose At Home Again

Liberty Professionals inflicted upon Hearts of Oak their third defeat at home and of the season as a 17th minute strike from Issah Mohammed Shaibu was the only goal of the game.

 

The Dansoman based side dominated the game from the blast of referee George Lamptey’s whistle as they stringed their beautiful passes together and bossed their host through the entire duration of the game.

 

In the 17th minute, Liberty with their possessive style of play stringed together three passes and a quick one-two pass between Ebo Mends and Latif Blessing saw the former lay a through pass laid to Issah Mohammed Shaibu who was left in on goal alone and he brilliantly hit a powerful shot pass the on rushing goalkeeper, Samuel Akrugu.

 

Hearts after conceding appeared to have been angered as they piled up the pressure in the quest to find the equaliser and enjoyed their best spell of the game for 15-minutes. Chief  tormentor of Liberty, Latif Blessing lived up to the hype prior to the game as he stretched apart Hearts centre back pairing of Vincent Atinga and Robin Gnagne who had a difficult time containing the diminutive attacking midfielder.

 

Liberty’s midfield pair of Gerald Arkson and Ebo Mends controlled affairs as Mustapha Essuman had a day to forget in the office.

 

There were pocket of chances for the Phobians who knew a win or draw will see them regain top spot from Wa All Stars but huffed and puffed but could not find the equaliser as the result meant Kenichi’s side are poor at home.

Match Reports: Hearts Lose At Home Again

"We Want To Shock Hearts"- Liberty Coach

Assistant Coach of Liberty Professionals, Felix Aboagyei has disclosed that, his side are determine to cause an upset when they come up against League leaders Hearts if Oak on match day 14 of the Ghana Premier League on Thursday.

According to him, the game is very much on the heart of his players and will like to win it in order to continue their surge up the table.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with SportsCrusader.com, Aboagyei said, “The game against Accra Hearts of Oak is in our hearts and we want to shock them”

“We will be the underdogs in the game but it is in our hearts and hopefully we can win to move up the log”, he added.

The game will be Hearts of Oak’s second to be played behind closed doors after they ordered by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association to do so due to crowd troubles in their game against Wa All Stars.

But Felix Aboagyei believes the absence of fans will not affect the performance of his team because they are the traveling side.

“When you are a good team, you don’t expect the fans to push you. If you are a good team on a good day, you need to win.

“I don’t think without the fans it will affect our team because We are playing away.

“Definitely it will affect Hearts of Oak because they want their fans to gone to the Stadium. But we are going there as underdogs, hoping that we shock them to get our three points”, Felix Aboagyei said

"We Want To Shock Hearts"- Liberty Coach

Liberty Attacker Want To Score More Goals

In-form Liberty Professionals striker, Bernard Arthur has set his sight on scoring more goals to help his side finish at a respectable position on the log.

The 21-year old has scored 7 goals in all competitions in the ongoing campaign including 4 in his last 4 appearances for the Scientific Soccer Lads.

And speaking in an exclusive with SportsCrusader.com, following their 2-0 win over New Edubiase at the Carle Reindorf Park on Monday, Arthur, who scored the second goal for his side revealed that his main target is to score goals and push Liberty high up the league log.

“I just want to push my team higher. To the top four or may be win the league”, he said.

“I have not set any goal target for myself but I only want to continue scoring to help the team”, Bernard Arthur added.

Arthur missed the first four games of the season through injury but has gradually worked his way into the Liberty starting Eleven after a series of impressive displays coming off the bench.

Liberty are currently lying on the 5th position on the league log and will next travel to the Accra Sports Stadium to play Hearts of Oak on Thursday.

Liberty Attacker Want To Score More Goals

GPL Matchday 14 Preview: Hearts of Oak v Liberty Professionals

TEAM NEWS:

Soulama Abdoulaye has finished his three game suspension but he is away on international duty with Burkina Faso.

Musah Ibrahim is a doubt for the game after picking up a knock in the 1-1 draw encounter with Aduana Stars.

Samudeen Ibrahim and Musah Inusah are the closest to a first team return after training with the full squad on their return from injury.

But Richard Yamoah, Owusu Bempah, and Thomas Abbey are not too far behind in terms of full fitness.

Isaac Oduro is making good progress but he is still out on the sidelines.

MATCH PREVIEW:

Accra Hearts of Oak will host Liberty Professionals in a match-day 14 fixture of the 2016 Ghana Premier League 9GPL) at the Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday, 26May, 2016.

The game will be played behind closed doors as Hearts complete the final game of a two-game home ban.

Hearts picked up a valuable away point at the home of Aduana Stars last Sunday, to maintain their lead at the top of the table, two points ahead of both Aduana Stars and Asante Kotoko, and they have a good opportunity to pull away from the chasing pack with victory against the Scientific Soccer lads on Thursday.

The Phobians have found it hard getting results at the Accra Sports Stadium, but they grained out a 1-0 victory over Hasaacas in the last match-day, behind closed doors.

Hearts will once again play without the fans against Liberty Professionals, who seem to have lost their mojo after a brilliant start.

The Dansoman-based side can turn on the style when they want and they have been able to rock the boat of the Phobians in recent times.

Liberty have a game in hand against Medeama, and played their game against New Edubiase United on Monday after the fixture was rained off the previous day. But they have won five times from their opening 11 games this season. Four of their wins have come at Dansoman but their away form reads played six, won one, drawn two, and lost three times.

Whizz-kid Latif Blessing has been the driving force of the free-scoring Scientific Soccer lads this season, having registered nine goals from 11 games and the Hearts defense have to keep a proper eye on his movements if they are to stop him from scoring on the day.

The Hearts defense have succeeded in keeping two of the three leading scorers in the Ghana League quiet, having enervated Eric Bekoe and frustrated Yahaya Mohammed. But the conundrum for coach Keni is which of the two center backs, Vincent Atingah and Richard Akrofi, will he give the nod to partner Robin Gnange.

Hearts have won 50% of their six home games, having defeated New Edubiase United (1-0), Bechem United (3-1), and Sekondi Hasaacas (1-0). But two defeats have also followed to Wa AllStars (1-3) and Asante Kotoko (0-1) and a draw with WAFA (1-1).

However, Coach Kenichi’s side will have to be ruthless at home, and start marching their away performance with that at the Accra Sports Stadium where they have found it tough cracking down opponents. The margin for error for Hearts is minimal now with three teams closely giving them a hot chase for the top-spot, and so they will have to come out firing on all cylinders to keep top spot against Liberty Professionals.

Last season, Liberty totally dominated in the first encounter in Accra, and they should have left with all three points but Hearts fought back to snatch a point through Richard Yamoah’s late header. In the last game between the two sides, Foovi Aguidi scored to ease the Phobians relegation worries in the closing stages of the 2014/15 league season.

The fans will not be allowed into the stadium because of the home ban but the onus lies on the players to replicate the result they secured against Hasaacas by beating Liberty ahead of another dicey trip to Dawu on Sunday.

MATCH FACTS

The two sides have met 32 times since Liberty Professionals’ promotion to the Premier League in 1999. Hearts have triumphed 19 times against Liberty Professionals. Liberty Professionals have won 8 times and drawn 5 times against Hearts of Oak in the league.

80 goals have been scored in this fixture. Hearts lead the way with 49 goals against Liberty’s 31.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

SEASON/YEAR          SCORE/RESULT

1999                    HEARTS 2 – 0 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 0 – 1 HEARTS

2000                    HEARTS 4 – 2 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 3 – 2 HEARTS

2001                    HEARTS 4 – 2 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 1 – 3 HEARTS

2002                    LIBERTY 1 – 2 HEARTS

HEARTS 0 – 1 LIBERTY

2003                    LIBERTY 1 – 1 HEARTS

HEARTS 3 – 1 LIBERTY

2004                    HEARTS 3 – 0 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 3 – 0 HEARTS

2005/06               LIBERTY 0 – 1 HEARTS

HEARTS 1 – 0 LIBERTY

2006/07               HEARTS 1 – 1 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 0 – 0 HEARTS

2007/8                 HEARTS 1 – 0 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 1 – 2 HEARTS

2008/9                 HEARTS 3 – 1 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 0 – 0 HEARTS

2009/10               LIBERTY 0 – 1 HEARTS

HEARTS 2 – 3 LIBERTY

2010/11               HEARTS 0 – 1 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 1 – 2 HEARTS

2011/12                LIBERTY 2 – 0 HEARTS

HEARTS 0 – 1 LIBERTY

2012/13                HEARTS 2 – 0 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 1 – 3 HEARTS

2013/14                HEARTS 2 – 0 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 3 – 1 HEARTS

2014/15                 HEARTS 1 – 1 LIBERTY

LIBERTY 0 – 1 HEARTS

2016                      HEARTS ? – ? LIBERTY

GPL Matchday 14 Preview: Hearts of Oak v Liberty Professionals

Black Stars Captain Dash Liberty GH¢10,000 For Beating Edubiase

Black Stars Skipper, Asamoah Gyan has pledged an amount of GH¢ 10,000 to his former team Liberty Professionals for beating New Edubiase United in their outstanding Ghana Premier League Match Week 13 encounter at the Carle Reindorf Park on Monday.

The 30-year old Shanghai SIPG striker was at the Carle Reindorf Park to witness the match and he delivered half time team talk to his former side, promising them an undisclosed amount should they record the victory.

Leading by a goal to nil at the time, the Liberty players came back in the second half with greater determination, adding a second goal in the 90th minute to seal the victory.

After the game, a source close to the club told SportsCrusader.com that Gyan has decided to give the team an amount of GH¢10,000  as incentive for winning the game.

The source however, did not disclose whether or not the Black Stars captain gave Liberty Professionals the said amount at the spot.

 

 

Black Stars Captain Dash Liberty GH¢10,000 For Beating Edubiase

Breaking News: Liberty, New Edubiase Game Postponed To Monday

The Ghana Premier League Match Week 13 encounter between Liberty Professionals and New Edubiase Football Club has been postponed to Monday. 

The match, which was originally slated for Sunday was canceled due to heavy rains in Dansoman that flooded the Carle Reindorf Park pitch.

Both teams had already reported at the match venue before the rain started and had issued their respective team Sheet in anticipation of the week 13 tie.

But the match officials after moving the kick off time from 3:00pm to 3:30pm finally called off the match due to water logged pitch.

The game will be played on Monday at 2:00pm.

Breaking News: Liberty, New Edubiase Game Postponed To Monday

GPL Matchday 13 Preview: Liberty Professionals v New Edubiase United

Liberty Professionals will seek to compound the misery of New Edubiase United when they host them at the Dansoman Carl Reindorf Park.

The Scientific Soccer lads hold a very strong record at home, and, will be the odds on favourites to collect the three points at stake.

Their leading marksmen, Latif Atta Blessing and Benjamin Arthur will look to add to their goals tally in this encounter against a side that can be very porous in defence on any day.

Liberty are seventh on the Ghana Premier League (GPL) log with 17 points and do have a game in hand. They will look for their sixth win of the campaign to keep the pressure on those above them.

New Edubiase United has 11 points and sit deep in the relegation zone; they have won just three of the 12 games they have played so far, and have been tagged by many pundits as candidates for relegation.

They will have to prove critics wrong, and, it must start as soon as possible if they hope to beat the drop at the end of the season.

Match Officials

REF: Kenedy Padi

ASST 1: Alhassan Yahaya

ASST 2: Richard Kotey

4TH REF: Prince Amoah

MC: Leanier Addy

 

 

GPL Matchday 13 Preview: Liberty Professionals v New Edubiase United