2026-27 GHANA PREMIER LEAGUE  PREVIEW: KUMASI ASANTE KOTOKO VS DORMAA ADUANA FC

 By: Isaac Amponsah (Dr Ike)

Predictions: Home win/draw 

• Kumasi Asante Kotoko aim to tighten their grip on an unbeaten run as they prepare to host Dormaa Aduana FC in a Week 4 fixture on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

• Kumasi Asante Kotoko have enjoyed their recent games against Aduana FC both home and away in their last four (4) meetings.

• The stage is set for a cracker of a match in this week's fixture on Sunday football afternoon.

• One point separates the two sides on the league table, with Asante Kotoko having 5 points in 4th position while Aduana FC sits in 9th position with 4 points.

• The 2026-27 season of the Ghana League is the 64th edition since the competition started in 1956, but the 30th edition since the inception of the Ghana Premier League on December 18, 1993, in the 1993-94 season. Meanwhile, this marks the 62nd appearance for Asante Kotoko and the 15th appearance for Aduana FC.

• The 2026-27 season is the 13th time that Ghana's elite competition has been played with 18 clubs, and below are the winners in those seasons:
• 1962-63 Accra Real Republicans 
• 1963-64 Kumasi Asante Kotoko 
• 1975 Kumasi Asante Kotoko 
• 1978 Accra Hearts of Oak
• 1979 Accra Hearts of Oak 
• 1980 Kumasi Asante Kotoko 
• 2020-21 Accra Hearts of Oak 
• 2021-22 Kumasi Asante Kotoko 
• 2022-23 Tarkwa Medeama SC 
• 2023-24 Samreboi FC Samartex 
• 2024-25 Bibiani Gold Stars 
• 2025-26 Tarkwa Medeama SC 

• Since the inception of Ghana League, 109 new clubs have featured since 1956 and only fourteen (14) clubs have won the title so far with Kumasi Asante Kotoko been the most successful club with 24, followed by Accra Hearts of Oak (21), Obuasi Ashanti Gold [Goldfields] (4), Accra Great Olympics (2), Dormaa Aduana FC (2), Tarkwa Medeama SC (2), Sekondi Eleven Wise (1), Accra Real Republicans (1), Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs (1), Sekondi Hasaacas (1), Berekum Chelsea (1), Legon Cities [Wa All Stars] (1), Samreboi FC Samartex 1996 and Bibiani Gold Stars (1).

• The defending champions are Tarkwa Medeama SC, who won the 2025-26 Ghana Premier League trophy with 62 points.

• Aduana FC played their debut game in the GPL on October 18, 2009, in Match Day 1 of the 2009-10 season against Berekum Arsenal at the Golden City Park in Berekum (Berekum Arsenal 1-1 Aduana FC).

• Head-to-Head 

• Their first official league game was played on December 27, 2009, in Matchday 12 of the 2009-10 season. Asante Kotoko hosted the 'Ogya Boys' at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi (Asante Kotoko 1-0 Aduana FC), courtesy of a 92nd-minute goal by Daniel Nii Adjei. Coincidentally, it was a Sunday.

• 2009-10 season
Asante Kotoko              1-0 Aduana FC 
Aduana FC                     1-0 Asante Kotoko

• 2010-11 season
Aduana FC                     2-0 Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko              3-0 Aduana FC

• 2011-12 season
Asante Kotoko              0-0 Aduana FC
Aduana FC                     0-0 Asante Kotoko

• 2012-13 season
Aduana FC                     0-0 Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko              1-1 Aduana FC

• 2013-14 season
Asante Kotoko              2-1 Aduana FC
Aduana FC                     2-0 Asante Kotoko

• 2014-15 season
Aduana FC                     1-0 Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko              4-0 Aduana FC

• 2015-16 season
Aduana FC                     1-0 Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko              0-0 Aduana FC

• 2017 season
Asante Kotoko              1-1 Aduana FC 
Aduana FC                     0-0 Asante Kotoko

• 2020-21 season
Sunday, January 24, 2021 (Day 10) 
Asante Kotoko              0-1 Aduana FC 
Saturday, May 29, 2021 (Day 27)
Aduana FC                     0-0 Asante Kotoko 

• 2021-22 season
Saturday, January 1, 2022 (Day 11)
Aduana FC                     0-2 Asante Kotoko 
George Mfegue Omgba 19', Richmond Lamptey 90+4'
Sunday, May 8, 2022 (Day 28)
Asante Kotoko              1-1 Aduana FC
Franck Mbella Thierry Etouga 39'//Bright Adjei 90+1'

• 2022-23 season
Sunday, January 1, 2023 (Day 10) 
Aduana FC                     0-0 Asante Kotoko 
Sunday, April 23, 2023 (Day 27) 
Asante Kotoko              2-1 Aduana FC
Steven Mukwala 37', Serge Zeze 48'//Isaac Mintah 25'

• 2023-24 season
Friday, October 13, 2023 (Day 5) 
Asante Kotoko              1-0 Aduana FC
Kalo Ouattara 35'
MVP: Yussif Nurudeen Mohammed - Asante Kotoko
Sunday, March 17, 2024 (Day 22) 
Aduana FC                     2-1 Asante Kotoko
Kelvin Obeng 10', Richard Mahama 87'//Steven Desse Mukwala 44'(pen) 
• NB: Coach Prosper Nartey Ogum (Asante Kotoko) was sent off
MVP: Frank Owusu - Aduana FC

• 2024-25 season
Sunday, November 24, 2024 (Day 12) 
Aduana FC                     0-2 Asante Kotoko 
Patrick Asiedu 9', Albert Amoah 61'
MVP: Justice Blay - Asante Kotoko
Sunday, April 27, 2025 (Day 29)
Asante Kotoko 1-0 Aduana FC 
Kwame Opoku 26'
MVP: Mohammed Camara (GK) - Asante Kotoko 

• 2025-26 season 
Sunday, November 16, 2025 (Day 10)
Asante Kotoko          1-1 Aduana FC
 Lord Amoah 44'//Emmanuel Marfo 6'
Sunday, March 29, 2026 (Day 27)
Aduana FC                 0-0 Asante Kotoko

Total matches played       - 28
Asante Kotoko wins         - 9
Goals scored                     - 23
Aduana FC wins                - 7
Goals scored                     - 16                                                                 
Drawn games                    - 12

• The last time the "Ogya Boys" won at Asante Kotoko's home ground in the GPL was January 24, 2021, in Match Day 10 of the 2020-21 season (0-1), through a goal by Samuel Bioh in the 75th minute at the Accra Sports Stadium.

• Aduana FC are winless against Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in a GPL game since the 2009- 10 season.

• Aduana FC has won once out of fourteen (14) visits to Asante Kotoko's home ground in the Ghana Premier League since the 2009-10 season, when the Ogya Boys joined the Ghana top-flight competition.
W1  D6  L7  GF7    GA18

• Two teams' match Day 4 games in the GPL since the 2009-10 season:

• Asante Kotoko and Aduana FC's only previous match Day 4 game ended in a goalless draw
• October 24, 2012 (Day 4) [2012-13]
Aduana FC                 0-0 Asante Kotoko 

• Two teams' GPL games in September since the 2009-10 season:

• Asante Kotoko have won all their previous GPL games against Aduana FC in September since the 2009-10 season (W2 GF6 GA1), and coincidentally, all the games were played on Sunday:

• Sunday, September 15, 2013 (Day 1) [2013-14]
Asante Kotoko          2-1 Aduana FC 

• Sunday, September 13, 2015 (Day 30) [2014-15]
Asante Kotoko          4-0 Aduana FC 

• Other competitive games:

• Wednesday, April 6, 2011 (Quarter-finals)
Asante Kotoko              2-2 Aduana FC
Ahmed Toure, Fataw Mohammed//Daniel Dankwa, Alex Ayi

• Penalties:
Asante Kotoko scored 11 out of 13, and Aduana FC scored 10 out of 13.
Asante Kotoko progressed to the next stage of the competition.

• Friday, July 10, 2015 (Semi-finals)
At the Sunyani Coronation Park
Aduana FC                      1-3 Asante Kotoko 
Godfred Saka (pen)//Christopher Bonney (brace) [1 pen], Michael Akuffu

• 2018 Season (Canceled)
Asante Kotoko              2-1 Aduana FC
Songne Yacouba (brace)//Bright Adjei
MVP: Songne Yacouba - Aduana FC

• 2019 NC Special Competition
Asante Kotoko              1-0 Aduana FC
Aduana FC                     1-1 Asante Kotoko

• 2019-20 season (truncated)
Aduana FC                     1-0 Asante Kotoko
Samuel Bioh
MVP: Flavien Kouassi Kongoza - Aduana FC

• February 26, 2023 (Round of 16)
Venue: Nana Agyemang Badu 1 Park
Aduana FC                     1-0 Asante Kotoko
Sam Adams 59'

• Current Form:

• Asante Kotoko are unbeaten in their last three games in the GPL (W1 D2 GF5 GA4)
• 06/09/2026 Debibi United 2-2 Asante Kotoko (Day 1) [2026-27]
• 13/09/2026 Asante Kotoko 2-1 Heart of Lions (Day 2) [2026-27]
• 20/09/2026 FC Samartex   1-1 Asante Kotoko (Day 3) [2026-27]

• The last time Asante Kotoko lost a game in the GPL was May 24, 2026 against Swedru All Blacks (1-2).

• Aduana FC have won once in their last three 3 games in the GPL (W1 D1 L1 GF2 GA2)
• 06/09/2026 Heart of Lions 0-0 Aduana FC (Day 1) [2026-27]
• 13/09/2026 Aduana FC    0-1 FC Samartex (Day 2) [2026-27]
• 20/09/2026 Aduana FC     2-1 Karela United (Day 3) [2026-27]

• Match Facts:

• Asante Kotoko have played 52 home games against teams based in the Brong Ahafo Region in the GPL since the 2009-10 season.
W32 D15 L5 GF83 GA36

• Aduana FC have played 41 away games against teams based in the Ashanti Region in the GPL since the 2009-10 season.
W8 D13 L20 GF26 GA46

• Asante Kotoko are unbeaten in their matchday 4 Home games in the GPL since the 1999 season.
2002      Asante Kotoko 2-0 Mines Stars
2003      Asante Kotoko 4-0 BA United
2005      Asante Kotoko 2-0 Sekondi Hasaacas
2006-07 Asante Kotoko 1-0 Swedru All Blacks
2008-09 Asante Kotoko 3-1 Liberty Professionals 
2009-10 Asante Kotoko 2-2 Berekum Arsenal
2011-12 Asante Kotoko 2-0 Hearts of Oak
2014-15 Asante Kotoko 1-0 Inter-Allies
2021-22 Asante Kotoko 2-0 Techiman Eleven Wonders
2025-26 Asante Kotoko 0-0 Heart of Lions 
W8   D2  GF19   GA3

• Aduana FC Day 4 Away games in the GPL since the 2009-10 season.
2010-11 Kessben                1-1 Aduana FC
2014-15 Great Olympics    0-1 Aduana FC ***
2017      WAFA                      1-1 Aduana FC
2020-21 Elmina Sharks      1-0 Aduana FC
2022-23 Medeama SC        0-1 Aduana FC ***
2024-25 Young Apostles   3-2 Aduana FC 
2025-26 FC Samartex        1-0 Aduana FC
W2   D2    L3    GF6   GA7

• Since the 2009-10 season, anytime Aduana FC concedes ina  Day 4 Away game, they don't win.

• Asante Kotoko Home matches in the month of SEPTEMBER in the GPL since the 1999 season.
19/09/99 Asante Kotoko   2-1 Dawu Youngsters
29/09/99 Asante Kotoko   2-0 Okwawu United
17/09/00 Asante Kotoko   3-0 Ebusua Dwarfs
24/09/00 Asante Kotoko   1-0 Kwaebibirem
02/09/01 Asante Kotoko   2-0 RTU
16/09/01 Asante Kotoko   2-0 Hearts of Oak
30/09/01 Asante Kotoko   0-1 Okwawu United ***
25/09/02 Asante Kotoko   2-0 Tano Bofoakwa
03/09/03 Asante Kotoko   1-0 Tano Bofoakwa
25/09/03 Asante Kotoko   3-0 Heart of Lions
29/09/04 Asante Kotoko   1-0 RTU
11/09/05 Asante Kotoko   3-1 Tano Bofoakwa
28/09/05 Asante Kotoko   2-0 Kade Hotspurs
03/09/06 Asante Kotoko   3-0 Berekum Arsenal
24/09/06 Asante Kotoko   1-0 All Blacks
05/09/10 Asante Kotoko   0-1 Medeama SC ***
19/09/10 Asante Kotoko   1-0 Mighty Jets
15/09/13 Asante Kotoko   2-1 Aduana FC
29/09/13 Asante Kotoko   1-0 New Edubiase United
13/09/15 Asante Kotoko   4-0 Aduana FC
18/09/16 Asante Kotoko   2-1 WAFA
25/09/22 Asante Kotoko   1-1 Hearts of Oak
28/09/22 Asante Kotoko   2-1 Nsoatreman FC
17/09/23 Asante Kotoko   0-0 Heart of Lions
22/09/24 Asante Kotoko   1-1 Young Apostles
13/09/26 Asante Kotoko 2-1 Heart of Lions 
W21    D3   L2   GF44   GA10

• Aduana FC Away matches in September in the GPL since the 2009-10 season.
12/09/10 King Faisal             0-1 Aduana FC ***
26/09/10 Medeama SC          1-1 Aduana FC 
15/09/13 Asante Kotoko        2-1 Aduana FC 
28/09/13 Sekondi Hasaacas 0-1 Aduana FC ***
13/09/15 Asante Kotoko        4-0 Aduana FC
19/09/22 King Faisal              2-3 Aduana FC ***
17/09/23 FC Samartex          1-0 Aduana FC 
15/09/24 Bechem United       0-0 Aduana FC 
29/09/24 Young Apostles      3-2 Aduana FC 
14/09/25 Karela United          1-0 Aduana FC 
06/09/26 Heart of Lions        0-0 Aduana FC
W3 D3 L5 GF9 GA14

• The last away team to prevent Asante Kotoko from scoring at home in the Ghana Premier League was Vision FC, who secured a goalless draw on March 1, 2026, in Match Day 24 of the 2025-26 season.

• Asante Kotoko have kept 328 clean sheets out of 727 games in the GPL since the 1999 season.

• Aduana FC have so far kept 204 CLEAN SHEETS out of 446 games in the Ghana Premier League since the 2009-10 season.

• Asante Kotoko have won the Ghana league title on 24 occasions since the competition started in 1956.
    
 • Aduana FC has won the Ghana Premier League title twice (2009–10 & 2017).

• Note: In the 2009- 10 season, Aduana FC won the League title with 53 points as a newly promoted club, becoming the first club to do so in Ghana. They set a world record for the least productive champions with 19 goals in 30 matches. With an average of 0.6333 goals per match, they broke the all-time world record set by Trabzonspor. The Turkish Süper Lig side became champions in 1979-80 with 25 goals in 30 matches (average 0.8333) and also emulated a feat by AIK Sweden (1998).

• Asante Kotoko's worst performance in the Ghana league since 1956 was 11th place out of a 15-club league in the 1970 season.

• Aduana FC's worst performance in the GPL since the 2009-10 season was 11th place with 45 points in the 2021-22 season.
                      
• Asante Kotoko are currently 4th with 5 points after Matchday 3 games, while Aduana F. C .on the othehan dnd are 9th with 1 point on the Ghanaian top-flight log.