Kpando Heart of Lions is welcoming Asante Kotoko in the Ghana Premier League match week 21 fixture this afternoon at Kpando park.
The head coach of the home side Bashir Hayford will come up against his former club Asante Kotoko in a compelling clash, with both sides in need of maximum points.
Hayford has not hidden his disappointment with recent performances, regularly voicing concerns over his players’ consistency. He will expect a strong reaction against Kotoko, a club with which he enjoyed success, winning the league title in 2008. Last season, Hayford guided Lions to a second-place finish, but the current campaign has been far more challenging. With 14 matches still to play, they trail the league leaders by 16 points, a reflection of costly dropped points.
Heart of Lions enter the fixture under pressure following a narrow defeat to Bechem United, their seventh loss of the season. That result extended a poor run of form, with just one win in their last ten league matches, alongside three draws and six defeats, the weakest sequence in the division. Lions sit seventh on the table with 27 points from 20 games, eight points off the top four, having scored 18 goals and conceded 16.
