Third placed Aduana FC will host Legon Cities at the Nana Agyeman Badu I Park in Dormaa on Sunday afternoon.
The two-time champions were stunned 2-1 by FC Samartex on nthe opening weekend of the second round and look very desperate to returning to ways – this time against their former employee Samuel Fabin.
Aduana FC have picked up 30 points, 5 points behind league leaders FC Samartex 1996, having won 2 and suffered 3 defeats in their last 5 games.
The Ogya Boys have recorded 8 wins, 2 losses – scored 20 and conceded 7 league goals in the process. Aduana FC and FC Samartex are the sides with the most accumulated home points in the league (24 points each) and would fight to keep hold of that record despite the setback against FC Samartex.
Legon Cities have huffed and puffed this season keeping an inconsistent run that has left them in 11th place in the table with 25 points. The Royals have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 in their last 5 games having accumulated 8 points, scored 6 and conceded 14 goals on the road.
Aduana FC have played Legon Cities three times at home since the 2020/21 season with Aduana FC winning two and drawing 1 Aduana FC beat Legon Cities 2-1, in the 2020/21 season, drew 1-1 in the 2021/22 season and won 1-0 in the 2022/23 season.
Aduana FC go into the game without their star man and top scorer Isaac Mintah due to injury. However, Emmanuel Gyamfi, Sam Adams, Bright Adjei, Richard Afriyie, Anderson Asamoah, Alex Boakye, Kelvin Obeng, Frank Owusu, Rich Sackey and Kyeremeh Silas are all fit and available for the game.
Head coach Samuel Fabin also have a fully fit squad for the clash with the likes of Kwabena Boateng, Mohammed Suleman, Kamal Suraje, Morris Fuseini, Ramin Doobi, Stephen Asare, Mohammed Alidu, Frank Akoto and Frank Antwi all available.