FC Samartex 1996 will be locking horns with Legon Cities in a fierce clash in the Ghana Premier League on Sunday.
Samartex will be hoping to bounce back to winning ways after losing 2:0 to Medeama in the Western derby last weekend.
Samartex couldn't also defeat Tamale City in their last home game in their goalless tussle.
Coach Annor Walker's return, even though he was in the dugout last weekend, is expected motivate the boys to turn things around especially going into the second round of the season.
Samartex are very keen on beating Legon Cities, after winning three and two draws in their last five home games.
The Timber boys are fourteenth with twenty points, three points above relegation Zone.
Legon Cities battered King Faisal 3:1 at home, to ended their six-games winless run, last weekend.
Jonah Attuquaye inspired, after returning from the African Nations Championship, by scoring the opener at the El-Wak, before Felix Hammond and Nasiru Moro added to the tally to ensure victory for the Royals, with Benjamin Bature reducing the deficit.
The Accra-based outfit are eleventh with twenty-one points, with just a game to end the first round of the 2022/23 season.
Coach Maxwell Konadu was optimistic that their victory over King Faisal will propel them in subsequent games: "I hope this win will keep the confidence of the boys and the morale high in our next games ahead."
Match Statistics (last five matches)
Samartex- 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat
Legon Cities- 1 win, 3 draws, 1 defeat
Head-to-head
No game between them
Match Officials
Referee: Abdul Latif Qadir
Venue: Nsenkyire Sports Complex
Time: 3PM
By: Abdul Razak Salim
