New Edubiase have dominated the headlines this week with talks of quitting the league due to financial constraints but this will count for nothing when they host Ebusua Dwarfs at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium.

Both sides lost on the opening day of the league and despite it being only matchday 2, this already feels a much win game for both clubs.

A defeat will leave any of the sides six points off the pace and this will certainly create a disconnect between them and the rest of the clubs.

New Edubiase and their coach Anthony Commey have created a niche of raising youngsters from the lower divisions and grooming them to premiership materials before selling them.

This has seen established names such as Emmanuel Baffour, Bernard Ofori, Asiedu Attobrah, Emmanuel Nti Mensah, Nuhu Fuseini and Alhassan Nuhu all excel for the club before being sold.

This season has followed a similar trend but on the evidence of their first week display against Hearts, this team will need a bit more time to show their worth.

CEO of the club Alex Akumey however is confident his players’ performance against Hearts has given him enough hope for the future.

“I’m very happy because we introduced seven new players who haven’t even played the Division One before but they impressed us. The supporters saw it and that gives us hope. We hope to build on this performance to win our next games.”

Dwarfs on the other made a stuttering start to the campaign losing at home to Dreams FC. Despite having Division One’s top scorer Bright Lukman in their team, they failed to find the back of the net.

J.E Sarpong labelled their result as an effect of being overconfident but believes his side will come back stronger.

“When you are overconfident, this happens. I think my boys underrated the strength of Dreams FC because they are newcomers and they felt they have been in the system for long. But for me, it is a wakeup call for the team. When this happens, you sit up and see it is not easy to play in the Premier division. It is the first game of the season, when we play, we train and we will learn from experiences.”

History however favours Edubiase who have won 3 out of 8 previous meetings between both sides. Edubiase are yet to lose on Day 2 of the league since 2009.

The Cape Coast side last won an away league game in 2013 and will have to dig deep to overturn their previous woes.

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