The first round of the first capital plus premier league comes to an end with some exciting ties across eight league centers on Wednesday.
League leaders Ashgold will look to bounce back from their Wa disappointment as they take on Accra Hearts of Oak at the Obuasi Len clay sports stadium. The Phobians will be determine to be the first team to beat the miners at home this season where as the home side will be looking to finish the first round of the league on a high note. Bashir Hayford’s men are currently top of the league on 28 points, 3 points ahead of Aduana Stars in second place and a point on Wednesday will guarantee them top spot at the break.
Wa all stars will embark on an 869KM journey to Sogakope to face high flying WAFA on the back of an impressive display against the leaders Ashgold last Sunday. WAFA has been the revelation of the season and are currently enjoying a great start to life in Ghana’s top flight. They are third on the log and will try to put pressure on second place Aduana who travel to Dansoman to take on Liberty professionals. The Sogakope side will move up to the second on the table if they better Aduana’s result in midweek.
The Carl Reindorf Park will be the venue of attraction when Liberty professionals face Aduana Stars. Liberty will hope to continue their current run of form that has seen them collect 4 points from their last 2 games after failing to pick up a single point in the preceding 4 matches in all competitions. Aduana Stars on the other hand will hope to improve on their away form after failing to pick up a single point from their last five away fixtures in the league.
Elsewhere at the Golden City Park, Berekum Chelsea will play host to Paa Kwesi Fabin’s Inter Allies hoping to maintain their imperious home invincibility. Berekum Chelsea has not lost a home fixture since December 2012 and that record is going to be targeted by the ‘eleven is to one’ who saw their own home invincibility broken by WAFA last Sunday. Another home win will take Chelsea who are at present on 19 points, above Inter Allies who are currently fifth on 20 points.
Medeama SC will look to consolidate fourth position on the log with a victory against relegation threatened BA United at the Tarkwa ‘T and A’ park. Medeama will be full of confidence not only because they are yet to lose a home fixture this season but also facing a team that has scored just a single away goal all season long. An unlikely victory for BA United will be a major upset but not entirely impossible.
Bechem United will face Hasaacas at the Bechem Park. After an impressive start to the campaign, the Bechem sides are now lying in the relegation zone but a victory will see them out and move them up the ladder. Hasaacas have a very good home record but like most of Ghana’s top flight teams, they have a terrible away record and have won just a single point away from all season.
Kumasi Asante Kotoko will play as host to Heart of Lions at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The porcupine warriors will have to avoid a defeat to the Kpando based side in order to regain their lost support from their fans. Lions might not be at a position where they would have wished to be at this time of the season but a victory against David Duncan’s side will catapult them into the top four if results of other fixtures go in their favor.
The last game of the first round of matches in the FCPPL will see Great Olympics, unbeaten since Yaw Acheampong took over as coach, take on New Edubiase FC. Olympics have not conceded a single goal in their last four games but it will be interesting as they match up against a free scoring Edubiase side that have scored 19 goals in 14 games this season. Edubiase themselves have a problem of their own- they are also the team that has conceded the highest number of goals, 25 in 14 games.
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