Defending champions, Aduana Stars will welcome Kumasi King Faisal to the Nana Agyeman Badu Park for their matchday three encounter.
Aduana are in a different zone at the moment having won their opening two GHPL games with distinction; 6 points, 6 goals scored and 0 against.
King Faisal are finding their transitional life into the premier league tough, two defeats suffered, 4-1 at the Theatre of Dreams and a narrow 1-0 defeat to AshantiGold in the Ashante Derby.
Alhaji Grunsah’s side will be looking to straighten things up as early as possible to avoid relegation tussle – their poor start to life in the premier league has necessitated the introduction of a new technical director.
The Kumasi based club over the week announced the hiring of former Red Star Belgrade U19 trainer Slaviša Božicic to fill the role of the technical director as they attempt to turn their season around.
These two sides have met 8 times in the premier league with Aduana winning 5 out of 8 meetings, Faisal with 2 wins. Aduana have won all 4 meetings at home against their visitors for this weekend’s fixture.
Four straight wins for Aduana at home without conceding a single goal - statistics with current form backing Aduana to win the game easily as it makes it difficult for any bookmaker to lean towards Faisal's win ahead of kickoff.
Aduana have a full-strength squad ahead of the tie while Faisal will have to find a way to win without their first-choice goalkeeper, Alexander Osei Domfeh who is out of the game through suspension after picking two yellow cards in their last game against AshantiGold at the Baba Yara.
But on the other hand, King Faisal are expected to have in their squad Daniel Addo, Daniel Nii Adjei, Michael Akuffo and Bashiru Osman as they are in contention for a place in the starting xi.
Aduana Stars are unbeaten at home in their last 35 league games, boasting of 28 winning games with just 8 ending in draws whereas King Faisal have managed 1 win in their last 8 premier league outings but are winless in their last 4.