Premiership Enters 5th week

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encounters

Ghana’s premier league enters week 5 with some interesting

and mouth-watering fixtures.

The top liner for this weekend is at the Berekum golden city

park where league leaders, Kumasi Asante Kotoko travel to play back from exile

Berekum Arsenal in a match which promises to be nothing but nerve-cracking.

The ‘Porcupine

Warriors’ are sitting on top of the table with 10 points and are not ready to

hand over the mantle to their bitter rivals Accra Hearts of Oak who are also on

the same points but with a goal deficit. Arsenal on the other hand have only

managed 3 points out of four matches played so far and would not wish to let go

off the three maximum point at stake.

This match will be the first match for the Berekum lads after

serving their four match suspension and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the

club, Alhaji Yakubu wishes to start on a winning note for his vociferous

supporters. Kotoko have not chalked good record in the Brong Ahafo region in

the past three seasons and would also like to make a statement come Sunday.

Second placed Glorious Accra Hearts of Oak will also be

battling things out with New Edubiase who are also third on the log. The phobia

club has improved tremendously as compared to last season where things went

rough for them from the on set.

Hearts lost to Edubiase last season at the Accra sports

stadium and this has giving the visitors a lot of confidence ahead of this

clash but the story could be a different one this time around as Douglas

Nkrumah is in tough shape and enjoying support from newly signed Thomas Abbey

and in formed Uriah Asante.

Abdul Yakubu Chief Executive Officer of New Edubiase united

has vowed that his side will be the first to beat Hearts this season especially

where his top marksman Felix Baffoe leads the goal king race with six goals but

the former continental club masters said the’re not ready to loose at time as

they will be marking their centenary celebration next week.

At the Essipong stadium in Sekondi on Saturday, former league

champions Berekum Chelsea will take on new entrant Wassaman united. The former

champions sacked their head coach last week after loosing to Medeama at the

golden city park and would like to appease their fans with a win over Wassaman

but the home team will give them a run for their money especially where a loose

for them will push them further down the table.

Soccer miners, Ashantigold will also welcome the Scientific

soccer lads, Liberty Professionals to the Obuasi Len Clay stadium in a must win

encounter for the home team. Ashantigold are currently 10th on the

log with 5 points whilst Liberty Professionals are 8th on the log

with six points.

At the Kpando park ‘Giant Killers’ Hearts of Lions will play

host to Kwesi Nyantekyie’s Wa All Stars. A win for the Lions will push them

four places up the log as they are currently sitting at the 12th position with only

four points as compared to All Stars who are third on the

table with nine points from four games played.

Tema Youth will welcome fresh from victory Meadeam SC at the

Tema astro turf pitch in a match which promises to be very entertaining. Tema

Youth have not been impressive so far because haven’t drawn their first match

with Kotoko gave a lot of signals that Tema Youth were really going to compete

in the league but their subsequent matches proved otherwise.

Medeama are a very strong side physically and technically but

tactically, Tema Youth are quite discipline and will fight for all the three

point at stake as they are second from bottom on the table as compared to

Medeama who are 7th on the table but should Luis Agyemang and Hans

Koffie have their day, Tema Youth may be found wanting.

Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs will play as guest to Mighty Jets on

Saturday at the Accra sports stadium. The visitors are third on the table with

eight points whilst the homesters are 11th with just four points.

Knowing that a loose will sink them further down the table, Mighty Jets will

fight to their elastic limit just to grab the three points at stake but Dwarfs

will certainly not give them a fertile ground to sowing their seed.

Bottom placed Bechem united will host Aduana stars at the

Kumasi Baba Yara stadium. This match would have been another quite strong a

derby should it have been played at Bechem since both clubs come from the same

region but playing it in Kumasi have taken a churn out of the game. On paper

Aduana looks favourite but Bechem have nothing but to fight hard for a win as

they are the only team in the league who are yet to pick a point.

PREDICTIONS

Arsenal 2 – 1 Kotoko

Hearts 2 – 1 Edubiase

Wassaman 1

– 3 Chelsea

Ashantigold 1 – 0 Liberty

Lions 1 – 0 All Stars

Tema Youth 2

– 1 Medeama

M. Jets 2 – 1 Dwarfs

Bechem Utd 1

– 1 Aduana stars