Over the week I got the chance to listen to Asempa Sports
and Adom Sports giving us all the statistics involving the biggest game on the
Ghana football calendar, as the Phobians host the Porcupine Warriors on Sunday
2 August in Accra. Hearts of Oak are chasing their first league victory in
Accra over Asante Kotoko in 6 years.
Head to head
This is going to be the 102 league clash between Hearts of
Oak and Asante Kotoko in encounters that date back to 1958. The Phobians have
won 34, while the Porcupine Warriors have won 31 and 36 games have ended in
draws.
First ever league encounter
1958
Jackson Park, Kumasi
Match cancelled because it ended abruptly
Kotoko 2-4 Hearts
Replay
Jackson Pack, Kumasi
Sunday 2nd November, 1958
Kotoko 2-5 Hearts
These sides have engaged each other in 52 league games at
Hearts of Oak home grounds. The Continental club Masters have won 15, whereas
the league champions have won 14, with 23 ending in draws. All home matches for
Hearts were played in Accra except the 2006/07 league game that was played in
Cape Coast.
Hearts of Oak have engaged Kotoko in 51 league games in
Accra and the record is even. They have won 14 games apiece and 23 games ended
in draws.
First ever league game in Accra
Sunday 16 November, 1958
Hearts 2-4 Kotoko
They have played 12 games in the month of August. Both
Hearts and Kotoko won have 3 apiece and 6 ended in draws. Of the 12 games 9
took place in Accra and all Kotoko 3 wins in August happened in Accra. The last
two matches in the month of August produces no winner, a goalless in August 3,
2003, which was match day 13 and a one all in August 31, 2003 on match day 18.
However the last time a game in August produced a winner was 1987 when Kotoko
scored 2 goals through the late George Arthur.
All the matches played on match day 25 couldn’t register a
winner. Two of them happened in the month of August 1965 and 1980, while the
last match day 25 game was played in October 2005 which ended 1-1.
The last five games between them have produced more draws
than wins
Break down of the last 5 league games between these sides
Hearts of Oak have won 1
Kotoko have won 1
Draws: 3
2012/13
Match day 7- Sunday 18 November, 2013
• Asante Kotoko 0-0 Hearts of Oak
David Duncan’s first game as a coach of Hearts
Match day 24: Sun May 5, 2013
• Hearts of Oak 1-1 Asante Kotoko
Winful Cobbinah 24; Michael Helegbe 64
Ahead of the game Kotoko sent a bid for Hearts’ mask man,
Mahatma Otoo, but it was rejected.
2013/14
Match day 2: Sunday Sept 22, 2013
• Hearts of Oak 0-1 Kotoko
Scorer: Seidu Bancey
Match day 2:1 June, 2014
Match day 29:
• Asante Kotoko 0-0 Hearts of Oak
2014-15
Match day 6:
• Kotoko 0-1 Hearts
Kotoko have seen 2 victories against Hearts in their last 5
league games in Accra, with 1 going for Hearts and 2 ending in draws, but
Hearts are even without a win in their last 4 league home games against Kotoko
(L2, D2)
2009/10
Match day 9: Sun Dec 13, 2009
• Hearts of Oak 1-0 Asante Kotoko
Scorer: Samuel Afum 20th min
2010/11
Match day 22: Sun March 20, 2011
• Hearts of Oak 0-2 Asante Kotoko
Scorers: Ahmed Toure 4, Nii Adjei 20
2011/12
Match day 7: November 20, 2011
Hearts of Oak 0-0 Asante Kotoko
2012/13
Match day 24: Sun May 5, 2013
• Hearts of Oak 1-1 Asante Kotoko
Scorers: Winful Cobbinah 24; Michael Helegbe 64
Ahead of the game Kotoko did send a bid for Hearts’ mask
man, Mahatma Otoo, but it was rejected.
2014/2015
Match day 25: Sun August 2, 2015
. Hearts of Oak 1:2 Asante Kotoko
Scorers: Amos Frimpong,Muash Inusah and Dauda Mohammed.
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