Bechem United have a date with leaders FC Samartex at Nana Fosu Gyeabour Park on Matchday 20 of the Ghana Premier League on Sunday.
While the Hunters lost to Nsoatreman FC in their very recent home game, leaders, FC Samartex 1996 suffered a shocking 1-0 home loss to Nations FC to bring to an end their 8 games winning run.
Bechem United are 9th in the table with 26 points, having recorded 2 wins and 3 defeats in their last 5 games and have won 5, drawn 2, lost 2, scored 14 and conceded 5 league goals at home.
The Hunters have lost two of their influential forwards to the foreign market in the January transfer and look very impotent upfront. Premier League top scorer Augustine Okrah has joined Simba FC of Tanzania while Emanuel Avornyo has also signed for Macedonian club FK Shkupi. The two, formed an astonishing partnership upfront and shared the goals before traveling abroad. Hitherto, club captain Kofi Agbesimah and goalkeeper Abdulai Iddrisu had joined Accra Hearts of Oak and Tanzania’s Azam FC respectively.
FC Samartex 1996 boasts 3 wins and 2 defeats in their last 5 encounters but still hold a 3 point lead at the top of the table. The Timber giants have accumulated 11 points scoring 7 and conceding 10 league goals on the road and rates as the third best club with most points accumulated away from home – lurking behind former champions Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak.
Bechem United have one outstanding game against Dreams FC as they occupy the 9th spot with 26 points – 9 points behind their visitors.
The last meeting between these sides at Bechem in the 2022/23 season, ended 2-0 at Fosu Gyeabuor Park.
Forward Cephas Mantey is expected to lead the lines for Bechem United on Sunday with the likes of Francis Twene, Joseph Kinful, Seth Kwadwo, Francis Acquah, Clinton Duodu, Samuel Kuffour, Isaiah Nyarko, Emmanuel Owusu and Emmanuel Annor all available.
Baba Hamadu Musa who signed from Skyy FC in the summer has been a brilliant acquisition for FC Samartex following his heroics for the leaders.
Baba Hamadu who has scored 8 goals in 19 Premier League games aims to add to his tally against the Hunters. Also in their frame are, Emmanuel Adu Siaw, Emmanuel Keyekeh, Emmanuel Mamah, Gabriel Appiah, Ebenezer Ocran, Evans Osei Wusu, Dauda Yussif Seidu and Francis Gyetuah.
