The Phobians suffered defeat when both teams met earlier in the season but new boss Samuel Boadu believes things will be different in the upcoming encounter.

“We believe Hearts of Oak will take that three maximum points, we play match after match and we don’t care about which team we are facing, we will get the points” he stated

Hearts of Oak are currently at the top of the league table after winning their last five games in the league.

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Karela United extend their unbeaten run to seven games without defeat after settling for a 1-1 draw against Great Olympics on Friday afternoon.



Diawisie Taylor scored early in the first half to give the home side the lead before Samuel Abbey scored just before the break to level things at the CAM Park.

Great Olympics are third and now two points behind Kotoko and Hearts of Oak in the league table, while Karela sits at the fourth position.

Diawisie Taylor’s goal against Great Olympics means he has now scored 16 goals in the Ghana Premier League this season, five more than any other player.

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The Accra Sports Stadium will witness a mouthwatering midweek clash between two former Ghana Premier League champions, Accra Great Olympics and Aduana stars. 



The duo is coming into this fixture with contrasting domestic forms, hopes, and aspirations, the home side are brewing with loads of confidence after doing the impossible against WAFA SC, who had not lost a match at the Sogakope Red Bull Arena in over six years.

Coach Annor Walker and his boys sit 2nd a point adrift Kumasi Asante Kotoko, they have played above expectations this season for a team that was nearing the exit of the premier league a season past but for its truncation. 

The likes of Gladson Awako, Maxwell Quaye, Ashie-Quaye Samuel, and Kasim Razak have been impressive pushing the club to its second premier league trophy. 

The Ogya boys are coming into this fixture on the back of a vital win against regional rivals Berekum Chelsea at the Nana Agyemang Badu park II, they lie 8th on the log with 33 points something they will be looking to increase tomorrow. 

Aduana Stars have been victorious on 6 separate occasions out of 8 duels that they have engaged the home side in the league. 

Predictions: Great Olympics 2-1 Aduana Stars 

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The Accra Sports Stadium will see two of the finest clubs Great Olympics and Kumasi Asante Kotoko go head-to-head in what have been hugely publicized as the match of the weekend in round 20 of the ongoing Ghana Premier League.



The home side is coming into this match with mixed feelings, losing to Legon Cities in what many thought would have been an easy coup for them but they succumbed to the struggling side last week.

If there’s any respite for the Dade boys, it’s geared towards the fact that they beat them (Kotoko) in Accra during the first round as well as the motivation to move back to the summit of the table after ceding it to the Kumasi “Galacticos” last week.

Kotoko have impressed under ex-Black Stars manager, Mariano Barreto since his appointment, they are yet to lose a match in three games that he has supervised and this duel will be a test of his managerial credentials.

The absence of Kwame Opoku (USM Algiers) will be a huge loss for the Red faithful but their new prodigy, Francis Kumi, who has scored two in two will inure to the good of the Reds.

This weekend’s clash will be a match for the neutrals and an extra incentive for anyone that picks up all the maximum points on the day.

Prediction: Great Olympics 2-1 Kotoko

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Kumasi Asante Kotoko will gracefully savor a perfect week of two wins, which aided them to the summit of the table, to top it off, with losses suffered by direct competitors, Great Olympics, Karela United, and Hearts of Oak in the ongoing Ghana Premier League 2020-21 season.



This week’s pile of matches, saw almost all home teams bar Ebusua Dwarfs fail to clinch all three maximum points when they squared off with, Ignatius Osei Fosu’s Eleven Wonders in a match that saw each pick up a point after match proceedings.

Legon Cities, Inter Allies made good gains in their quest against relegation, when they dealt big blows to the title ambitions of their visitors, Great Olympics and Karela United by 2-0 each in their separate encounters.

Elsewhere, a perfectly crafted team effort saw the highly rated, Lawrence Agyekum score his second of the season to hand his team a precious 1-0 victory over Bechem United at the Sogakope Red Bull Arena.

GHPL WEEK 19

Ebusua Dwarfs 1-1 Eleven Wonders

[Michael Asiamah – Clement Boahene]

Liberty Professionals 4-0 Elmina Sharks

[Paul Kwame, Simon Appiah, Kwame Karikark, W. Opoku]

Kotoko 2-0 Berekum Chelsea

[Andy Kumi, Godfred Asiamah]

Inter Allies 2-0 Karela United

[Suleman Nafiu, Stephen Armah]

Legon Cities 2-0 Great Olympics

[Nicholas Mensah,Jonah Attuquaye]

Aduana Stars 3-1 King Faisal

[Benjamin Tweneboah 2x,Prince Acquah – Isaac Frimpong]

Medeama SC 2-0 Dreams FC

[Ahmed Toure 2x]

WAFA 1-0 Bechem United

[Lawrence Agyekum]

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Legon Cities welcome the table toppers of the league Great Olympics in what has been classified by many as the Accra derby.

Both clubs at present are on opposite ends of the league log, the Royals after the charade of signings in pre-season and mid-season are still yet to hit the ground running not even the funfair signing of injury-plagued Asamoah Gyan has helped matters.

The Accra-based side occupies the 15^th position on the log with 19 points something Bashir Hayford may have to remedy in the coming weeks or face the boot if results continue to take a nosedive.

For Accra Great Olympics, they have wowed their fans and mesmerized football lovers with their present achievements, a season past, they were battling relegation, fast-forward to this season, their stats are just amazing to say the least.

Coach Annor Walker has impressively assembled a setup that has played wholeheartedly to his instructions on the field, it’s no doubt they have amassed 33 points with 13 points coming away from home.

The leadership of Gladson Awako has been evident for all to see, the input of the young Maxwell Quaye, Ashie-Quaye, Kasim Razak and others cannot be underestimated.

Legon Cities may have lost ground in the last two games but the likes of Hans Kwoffie (9) and the arrival of former Ghana Premier League goal king, Victorien Adebayor might just be what they need for a revival.

Legon Cities 2-1 Great Olympics

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Accra Great Olympics Coach Annor Walker has strongly diffused widespread suggestions that he is under pressure to win the league this season for the Dade boys.



According to the experienced trainer, who was speaking to the press after his side run victories over title hopefuls, Medeama SC, remarked that he is not under pressure to win the league.

” I am not under pressure to win the league, the fans are not paying me, so why would they give me pressure? What they want is a cup, what I can do as a coach is what I’m doing so they can’t force me to win the league”.

He, however, assured the teeming fans who have long dreamt of a domestic trophy to complement their efforts and to be continually hopeful that “it shall be well”.

Accra Great Olympics dealt a serious blow to the title ambitions of Tarkwa based side Medeama SC in the first of many duels of the second round of games at the Accra Sports Stadium through a Samuel Addo first-half goal.

Accra Great Olympics will stay momentarily on the top of the league awaiting other match fixtures scheduled to take place over the weekend.

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Former Ghana Premier League player, Vincent Atinga is inches closer to securing a steller move to Dorma-based club Aduana Stars.

The towering defender, who is back in the country after ending his association with South Africa second-tier side Uthongathi FC is said to have attracted huge interest from clubs like Great Olympics, Aduana Stars, and his former

According to reports reaching Saharafootball.net, he is said to be favoring a move up north even though he had held a series of training sessions with the Dade boys.

Atinga’s rich experience will come in handy to Aduana Stars having played with Hearts of Oak, Ebusua Dwarfs some seasons past in the Ghana Premier League.

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The Ghana Premier League 2020-21 season week fourteen saw wins for some clubs whiles others gnashed their teeth hard failing to bag three points at the end of match proceedings.



This weekend, witnessed six games played across the various match centres bar fans following a new directive from the GFA ExCO, as part of measures to curb the rise of COVID-19 cases in the country.

There were wins for three home sides (Berekum Chelsea, Dreams, Medeama SC) an away win for Karela United as well as further draws for WAFA and Liberty Professionals.



The Berekum City Golden Park saw the home side, Berekum Chelsea returned to winning ways against foes Techiman Eleven Wonders, where they pipped them by 2-0 through a Steven Amankona penalty all coming in the first half of the game aiding then to 13th on the log.

Dreams FC blew Dorma-based Aduana Stars apart when they recorded an infamous 4-2 victory over the former two-time Ghana Premier League winners at the Theatre of Dreams. Joseph Esso, who was recently included in C. K Akunnor’s 32-man list started the onslaught before an Agyenim Boateng brace and Emmanuel Ocran goals came afterward, Bright Adjei goals soften matters for the away side.

Karela United recovered from their weekend home loss to Kumasi Asante Kotoko, who themselves lost their continental showdown to ES Setif this afternoon 2-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium beating Dwarfs with Umar Basiru, Diawusie Taylor on the scoresheet for the away side boasting them up to the summit of the league momentarily awaiting other games.

Liberty and Inter Allies shared the spoils in a four goals thriller whiles, WAFA failed to notch a win over Ashgold at the Sogakope Red Bull Arena after two successive defeats to Dreams and Aduana Stars a week past.

King Faisal shared spoils with Legon Cities in Accra, while Great Olympics fly into second position on the league table with a win against Elmina Sharks



Week 14

Berekum Chelsea 2-0 Eleven Wonders

[Stephen Amankona 2x]

Dreams FC 4-2 Aduana Stars

[Joseph Esso, A. Boateng 2x, Ocran – Bright Adjei]

Medeama SC 2-0 Bechem United

[Justice Blay, B. Enchil]

Ebusua Dwarfs 1-2 Karela United

[B. Acquah – Umar Basiru, Diawusie Taylor]

Liberty Professionals 2-2 Inter Allies

[S. Ampaw,A.Wayo – S. Nafui, H. Musah]

WAFA 0-0 Ashgold

Legon Cities 1-1 King Faisal

[Cephas Doku – Yakubu Wadudu]

Great Olympics 1-0 Elmina Sharks

[Maxwell Nii Abbey Quaye]

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Coach Yaw Preko and his assistant Godwin Attram have been relieved from his duties following the return of Annor Walker, Great Olympics Chief Executive Officer Oluboi Commodore confirmed.



Yaw Preko and Godwin Attram were appointed to take over the squad on a temporary basis until the return of Coach Annor Walker who was excused from his post due to health reasons.

Annor Walker has recovered and returned to the training grounds on Tuesday to take over the team.

“Now that he (Annor Walker) has returned, Yaw Preko and Godwin Attram’s work have come to an end. We will ask Annor Walker to appoint his assistant”, he told Happy FM.

Coach Yaw Preko and Godwin Attram during their short spell with the club will be remembered for their famous win against Hearts of Oak in the Accra derby on matchday 11.

Coach Annor Walker will be in the dugout when Great Olympics host Elmina Sharks on matchday 13.

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