Preview - Battle of GPL Week One Losers

Having suffered losses in their opening Ghana Premier League matches against  Dreams Football Club and Hearts of Oak at the Robert Mensah stadium and Accra Sports Stadium respectively, New Edubiase and Ebusua Dwarfs have the opportunity to redeem their stunted start to life in the new season.

New Edubiase were pipped by Samuel Yeboah before the largest of crowd at the Accra Sports Stadium in recent years, and have the opportunity to write the wrongs in their adpoted home, Obuasi Len Clay stadium against Ebusua Dwarfs, winners of the Division Zone 2 league last year.

Anthony Commey said they will draw positives from their opening 1-0 defeat to Hearts of Oak for subsequent matches.

“We will put the setback behind us as quickly as possible and look ahead to our next game at home. We have some new boys in the squad, and, as the season wore on, you will begin to see how we integrate them into our plans.”

Dwarfs are back in the Ghana Premier League

Ebusua Dwarfs were giving the shock of their lives by Kwaiman-based Dreams Football Club at their backyard, a result head coach J.E Sarpong blamed on ‘underrating’ the opposition and promised to answer the wake-up call in the subsequent matches.

J.E Sarpong

New Edubiase and Ebusua Dwarfs fixture has always been a keenly contested game, but the ‘Yenkokoaa’ boys dominated in their last eight matches, winning three (3), losing one (1) and drawing four (4) and the vice versa for Ebusua Dwarfs.

Eighteen (18) goals has been produced, with Edubiase scoring ten (10) of the those goals and eight (8) to Ebusua Dwarfs.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

2010/11 Dwarfs 1-1 Edubiase

Edubiase 0-0 Dwarfs

2011/12 Dwarfs 3-1 Edubiase

Edubiase 3-2 Dwarfs

2012/13 Dwarfs 0-0 Edubiase

Edubiase 2-0 Dwarfs

2013/14 Edubiase 1-1 Dwarfs

Dwarfs 1-2 Edubiase

MATCH FACTS

New Edubiase United is yet to lose Ghana Premier League since 2009, winning two and drawing one, scored two and conceded one against Aduana Stars.

2009-10 Edubiase 1-0     RTU

2011-12 Edubiase 1-0   Lions

2014-15 Edubiase 1-1   Aduana Stars.

Ebusua Dwarfs have managed one away win in match week two of the Ghana Premier league since 1999, lost two against AshGold and Medeama SC respectively and winning the other against Afienya United.

History favours New Edubiase in this fixture, but Ebusua Dwarfs have an equal opportunity against the financial stricken side who have threatened several times to withdraw from the league should the FA fail to get sponsor soon.

Preview - Battle of GPL Week One Losers