On the back of contrasting performances on the far end, Bono rivals Berekum Chelsea and Aduana Stars headline Saturday’s Ghana Premier League fixture list with a mouthwatering regional derby at the Golden City Park.
While Samuel Boadu’s men made extremely light work of Nations FC in a 1-0 mauling in matchday 12, their opponents were fortunate to only lose by a narrow margin in their 2-0 defeat at Asante Kotoko.
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A handful of disgruntled Aduana supporters did not hesitate to let erstwhile Yaw Acheampong know what they truly thought of matchday 12 horror show at Kotoko, where teenage defender Patrick Asiedu and forward Albert Amoah propelled the Porcupine Warriors to the three points that their performance merited.
A typically stoic outgone Yaw Acheampong accepted the "direct feedback" he received from the furious Fire army as Aduana failed to escape mid-table obscurity; Saturday’s hosts lie smack-bang in the centre of the Ghana Premier League standings in 14th place, eleven points below the top ceded positions.
As much as newly appointed Aristica Cioba may downplay Berekum Chelsea's chances of Premier League glory, Saturday’s hosts are now a whisker away from being slumbering into the top four queue, having leapfrogged Samartex on goal difference to sit 8 with a seventeenth-point gap to make up to the top 8 teams.
Three losses, one draw and one defeat in their last five matches in the Ghanaian top flight - the Bibires should now be the envy of rival supporters castigating their summer transfer business prior to the start of the campaign, and their penchant for success at the Golden City Park is evident.
Berekum Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Sekyere (GK), Abaidoo, Acheampong, Afriyie, Amankonah, Ameyaw, Asamoah, Z. Fuseini (C), Awuah, Badori, Seidu
Aduana possible starting lineup:
Inusah (GK) (C); Addo, Amoako, Amponsah, Boateng, Duah, Marfo, Obeng, Offei, Sackey, Silas
We say: B. Chelsea 1-1 Aduana Stars
As Aduana may be working with a new coach in the dugout, the home faithful may resign themselves to a repeat of last season’s second round home win against Bono rivals Aduana.
Erstwhile Yaw Acheampong’s men were highly fortunate to only concede once on Berekum Chelsea’s turf, but a goal-happy Bibires should not make the same attacking mistakes the Fire Boys did at one of their happiest hunting grounds.
By: Pascal Amoah
