Young Apostles and Basake Holy Stars will face off at the Wenchi Sports Stadium on Sunday afternoon in matchday five of the 2025/26 Ghana Premier League campaign.
Eleven Wonders will be desperate to pick up their first points of the Ghana Premier League season when they travel to the Nsenkyire Sports Arena to take on FC Samartex on Sunday afternoon.
Nations FC will welcome Asante Kotoko to the Dr. Kwame Kyei Sports Complex on the afternoon of Saturday October 11, in matchday five of the Ghana Premier League.
Nations FC might have struggled in the early stages of the season but will be coming in highly motivated this time following their recent dominance against the giants.
Kotoko however, have made a perfect start to the new season and will hope to continue with the same momentum to finally beat Nations in the league for the first time.
MATCH PREVIEW
After the win on opening day, Nations FC have struggled to find their rhythm as they are currently winless in their last three matches with two loses in the process.
The Eagles fought a very good fight in Tarkwa last week but painfully couldn’t earn themselves a point after conceding at the death to suffer a 2-1 loss away at Medeama SC in the last round of matches.
However, Asante Kotoko have really made a great start and are currently excelling in both the league and in Africa as well.
The Porcupine Warriors have advanced to the final qualifying of the CAF Confederation Cup with a 5-3 on aggregate win over Nigerian side Kwara United - winning the first leg 4-3 at home before wrapping up with a 1-0 win away in Abeokuta.
After a perfect league start with an away win at Berekum Chelsea, the Reds drew against Heart of Lions before humbling champions Bibiani GoldStars by 2-0 in the midweek to mark their second of the campaign.
Peter Acquah Aminu opened the scoring account with a close range tap-in from a cross before Albert Amoah scored a beauty in the second half to seal the win.
TEAM NEWS
Coach Kassim Mingle will not have any notable absentees as they is no injury or suspension at his disposal at the moment.
On the opposition end, coach Karim Zito will miss the service of striker Albert Amoah who sustained an injury in their last game while Walid Neymar and Patrick Asiedu are still doubtful.
LINEUPS
Nations FC: Sanon (GK), Farouk, Simpson, Ampoful, Akologo, Osei Kuffour, Badu, Boakye, Annor, Charwetey, Danso
Kotoko: Dari (GK), Lord, Acquah, O’Neil, Ablorh, Adabo, Seth, Gyau, Amidu, Amoh, Donzo
CHANNELS: TV3, Onua TV
KICKOFF: 15:00GMT (3:00pm)
PREDICTION
We say Nations FC 1-1 Asante Kotoko
Vision FC will aim to continue their steady start to the 2025–26 Ghana Premier League campaign when they welcome Bibiani Goldstars to the Nii Adjei Kraku II Sports Complex for a matchday five showdown on Saturday afternoon.
Medeama SC have jumped to the top of the league thanks to a precious 2-1 win over Dreams FC in matchday five opener of the 2025/26 Ghana Premier League season.
Hearts of Oak midfielder Abdul Karim has been ruled out of the club’s upcoming Ghana Premier League encounter with Heart of Lions after sustaining an injury.
Bechem United coach, Desmond-Issah Botchway is very much aware of his side’s shaky start to the season and said they are working very hard to overturn things to the right path going forward.
Asante Kotoko recorded their second victory of the season with a precious 2-0 win over Bibiani GoldStars in a very epic game at the Baba Yara Stadium in an outstanding match-day 2 clash.
Asante Kotoko will return to action today (Wednesday, 8 October) when they host Bibiani Goldstars in an outstanding 2025/26 Ghana Premier League Matchday Two fixture at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
Dreams FC captain and defensive midfielder Emmanuel Danquah has been ruled out of Friday’s Ghana Premier League matchday five encounter against Medeama SC due to injury.
Lord Hilary Adabo knows Bibiani GoldStars will have themselves adequately prepared and ready for the big game coming up and has called on all their supporters to come out numbers.
Asante Kotoko head coach, Abdul Karim Zito has confessed they will be up for a very tedious task against Bibiani GoldStars but assured their supporters of nothing but a win.
