Kotoko Ready To End Dormaa Jinx

Kumasi Asante Kotoko Management Member, Edmund Ackah has admitted the club is ready to end the poor ran of results this season and especially against Aduana Stars.

The 24-times Ghana Premier League champions has started the league poorly for the first time in over a decade and has been brandished to record their third defeat in their match week six clash against Aduana at the ana Agyemang Badu Park in Dormaa on Sunday.

Aduana, who were 2010 Ghana Premier League champions have also not been convincing after a poor start to the season, losing their opening three games.

Kotoko’s best result against Aduana at Dormaa has been a draw and this Ackah has admitted has got to change as they labour to get their season back on track.

He said, “we are looking at trying to break the jinx of no win at the home of Aduana Stars and we are preparing very well for Sunday’s game which we have tagged ‘a must win encounter’.

Kotoko Ready To End Dormaa Jinx

We Will Make Amends on Sunday - Dreams FC

Newly promoted Ghana Premier League side, Dreams FC has assured fans of the club, that they will turn the Techiman City defeat into successive victories.

Dreams FC tasted the first defeat of the 2015/16 GPL season in a 1-0 away defeat to fellow debutants, Techiman City at the Nana Ameyaw park in match week 5.

The Dawu based club started life in the premier league with a surprising 1-0 away win to Dwarfs and followed up with a home win and an impressive two all draw with Inter Allies at the Tema Astro-Turf stadium.

Head coach, Charles Kwabena Akunnor in an interview with Sportscrusader.com mentioned the defeat won’t have adverse effect on the team, as they knew it was a matter of time before they lose a game.

He said, “it won’t affect the team as the performance was not a bad one. We also understand we can’t win every match and so we are not disappointed, as we will look ahead and correct went wrong in the game and fight ahead.”

Dreams FC will face WAFA in match week 6 and will look to record a win and get back on  winning ways.

We Will Make Amends on Sunday - Dreams FC

Preview Ghana Premier: Hearts Of Oak vs New Edubiase

Accra Hearts of Oak begin competitive life under new head coach, Japanese-American, Kenichi Yatsuhashi on Sunday when the Phobians host New Edubiase United in the 2015/16 Ghana premier league (GPL).

 

The 20-times premier league champions will look to get off to a winning start and make a statement of intent and if the performance against newly promoted side, Dreams FC in a club friendly at Dawu is anything to go-bye then the

remaining 15-teams can expert fire works from the new Hearts.

 

New acquisitions Samuel Yeboah, Kennedy Appiah, Richard Akrofi, Samudeen Ibrahim, goalkeeper Samuel Akurugu and Gbeti Evans Silvanus have seen Hearts of Oak gone four matches without defeat.

Hearts has promised fans of the ‘rainbow club’ and football loving fans of beautiful, possessive and purposeful football brand named, ‘Sushi football’ this season and that will be the trump card to reclaim the lost glory

that has eluded them since the 2008/09 season.

 

New Edubiase United did the double over the Phobians last season and hope to repeat it this term despite losing players like the Nuhu brothers Alhassan and Fuseini, Emmanuel Nti Mensah, Bernard Ofori and Abdul Latif Anabila.

 

But youngster Godfred Asiamah has returned from a trial session with Swedish side AIK Stockholm to boost his side.

The games will be opened for free to children under 16 years.

 

MATCH FACTS

Head to Head

Total matches played = 12

Hearts of Oak wins = 6

Drawn games = 2

New Edubiase United wins = 4

 

• Hearts of Oak have won only one of their last four meetings against New Edubiase United – (W1 D2 L2)

 

• New Edubiase United are unbeaten in their last two trips to Accra Hearts of Oak – won one and drawn one.

 

• Hearts of Oak lost three home games in the premier league last season – (W8 D4 L3)

 

• New Edubiase United FC managed only two away wins at in the 2014/15 premier league season and were all against Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak.

 

• Hearts of Oak are win-less in four league attempts against Adansi clubs – (D2 L2).

Preview Ghana Premier: Hearts Of Oak vs New Edubiase