Ex- Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah is optimistic his former playing mate John Paintsil will excel at his new club Kaizer Chiefs after his appointment as the assistant coach of the Johannesburg based club.
The defending league champions, Obuasi Ashanti gold SC will host Techiman City at the Obuasi Len Clay Sports Stadium in their seventeenth league fixture as the champions are struggling to survive the league this season.
Kumasi Asante Kotoko returns home on Wednesdays at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium after picking a point in Techiman in match week sixteen (16) to take on league leaders Wa All Stars in what is tagged as match of the week. A good venue for both clubs to continue to give out exhilarating football to their fans.
The Accra Sports Stadium will be the venue where Liberty Professionals will be play as homesters to glorious Accra Hearts of Oak who will be invited as guest under the new tutelage of Portuguese coach Sergio Daniel Muril Traguil.
Week seventeen (17) of the Ghana Premier League kick off at the Berekum Golden City Park to a tumultuous and rapturous encounter staged between two struggling sides in the league from a point of view of their clouts and performance.