After two straight away games, Inter Allies return to action at the Tema Sports Stadium to host debutants but in-form Techiman City in a match day ten fixture of the ongoing 2015/16 Ghana Premier League.
The match promises to be an exciting one as the visitors will be looking to maintain their stay at the top half of the table after their trip to Tema on Sunday.
Inter Allies will also hope to continue their dominance in Tema as they hope to bounce back strongly from two defeats on a row.
This will be the first meeting between Inter Allies and Techiman City in the Ghana Premier League.
MATCH OFFICIALS:
Referee: Ernest Baafi
Assistant 1: Appiah Richard
Assistant 2: Safo Adade
Fourth Referee: Amofa Sarkodie
Match Commissioner: Francis Dogbatse
TEAM NEWS:
Striker Fuseini Elaisu has been ruled out with injury.
STATS ZONE
HEAD-TO-HEAD – Inter-Allies encounter with Techiman City on Sunday May 1 will be their first ever meeting in the GPL.
SEASON TREND:
The ‘Eleven Is To One’ have played 4 league home match accumulating 2 wins, 1 draw and a defeat at the Tema Sports Stadium this season.
Inter Allies have scored 10 goals and conceded 5 in the 4 home games played this season.
They have also never failed to score at home with 2 clean sheets this season.
The visitors, Techiman City FC, have also played 4 away games without a win, they have lost three times with a draw.
They have scored 5 goals and conceded 9 times in the four away games played this season with no clean sheet.
* Inter-Allies yet to WIN Day 10 HOME game in the GPL since 2013.
2013-14 Inter-Allies 1-2 Lions**
L1 GF1 GA2
* Techiman City yet to play Day 10 AWAY game in the GPL since 21st Feb. 2016 when they had their debut in the competition.
* The first time Inter-Allies lost @ HOME in the GPL since 2013 is 15th Sept. 2013 in match Day 1 in the 2013-14 season against Ebusua Dwarfs (0-2).
– Since then, Inter-Allies have played 32 HOME league games in the GPL.
W20 D7 L6 GF30 GA37
* The last time Inter-Allies lost a game @ HOME in the GPL is 20th Mar. 2016 in match Day 5 in the 2015-16 season against Hearts of Oak (2-3).
– Since then, Inter-Allies have played 1 HOME game (90 mins) so far in the GPL.
W1 GF4
* Inter-Allies have lost 7 out of 34 HOME games so far in the GPL since 2013.
15/09/13 Inter-Allies 0-2 Dwarfs
28/09/13 Inter-Allies 2-3 Hearts**
06/10/13 Inter-Allies 0-1 Kotoko
03/11/13 Inter-Allies 1-2 Lions
08/12/13 Inter-Allies 0-2 Amidaus
25/04/15 Inter-Allies 0-1 WAFA
20/03/16 Inter-Allies 2-3 Hearts**
* Inter-Allies yet to play HOME match in the month of MAY in the GPL since 2013.
* Techiman City yet to play AWAY match in the month of MAY in the GPL since 21st Feb. 2016
* Inter-Allies have so far played 34 HOME games in the GPL since 2013.
W20 D7 L7 GF49 GA25
* Techiman City have so far played 4 AWAY games in the GPL since 21st Feb. 2016
D1 L3 GF5 GA9
* The last AWAY side to prevent Inter-Allies from scoring @ HOME in the GPL is Bechem United who secured goalless drawn game on 6th Sept. 2015 in match Day 29 in the 2014-15 season.
* Inter-Allies have kept 28 clean sheets out of 69 games in the GPL since 2013.
* Techiman City have kept 5 clean sheets out of 9 games in the GPL since 21st Feb. 2016
* Inter-Allies Best position in the GPL since 2013 is 6th with 42 points in the 2014-15 season.
* Inter-Allies worse performance in the GPL since 2013 is 6th with 41 points in the 2013-14 season.
* Inter-Allies last 5 games in the 2015-16 GPL.
20/03/16 Inter-Allies 2-3 Hearts (Day 5)
02/04/16 Dwarfs 3-1 Inter-Allies (Day 6)
09/04/16 Inter-Allies 4-0 Bechem Utd (Day 7)
24/04/16 All Stars 2-0 Inter-Allies (Day 9)
27/04/16 Medeama 1-0 Inter-Allies (Day 8
W1 L4 GF7 GA9
* Techiman City last 5 games in the 2015-16 GPL.
20/03/16 Techiman City 1-0 Dreams (Day 5)
03/04/16 Edubiase 2-2 Techiman City (Day 6)
10/04/16 Techiman City 0-0 Hearts (Day 7)
20/04/16 Dwarfs 2-1 Techiman City (Day 8)
24/04/16 Techiman City 2-0 Bechem Utd (Day 9)
W2 D2 L1 GF6 GA4
* Inter-Allies aggregate score @ HOME in the GPL this season is 10-5:
2-0 V Aduana
2-2 V Dreams
2-3 V Hearts
4-0 V Bechem Utd
* Inter-Allies are currently 15th with 8 points after 6 games while Techiman City on the other hand are 6th with 14 points on the top-flight log.
Stats compiled by : Isaac Amponsah (Dr Ike) and Bright Yeboah Taylor.