GPL: WAFA welcome King Faisal to Sogakope as the second round commences
WAFA will play host to King Faisal as the Ghana Premier League enters the second round across nine League Centres this weekend.
The first half of the 2021/22 season which ended last weekend, witnessed a number of high profile matches with the match between defending Champions Accra Hearts of Oak and current leaders Asante Kotoko climaxing as the latter opened up a 7 point lead at the top.
WAFA will be hoping to rediscover their form as they were one of the sides that struggled in the first round, ending it on a sour note after a 1-0 loss to Karela United.
Playing at home presents an opportunity for them to turn their season around and also avenge the defeat suffered in the hands of King Faisal at the Baba Yara Sports stadium in the first round but will have to do it without star man Lawrence Agyekum who has signed for Austrian giants Red Bull Salzburg during the January window.
WAFA won 4, lost 7 and drew 6 of the matches in the first round – scoring 9 and conceding 15 goals in the process – a defensive crisis that calls for worry for Coach Guillermo Hamdan Zaragoza.
King Faisal lost their spark in the closing stages of the first round having started the League in an explosive manner with three consecutive wins against WAFA, Aduana FC and AshantiGold SC.
The Insha Allah boys lost grip of matters as defeats to Eleven Wonders, Great Olympics, Karela United and Hearts of Oak pushed them down the League log from 1st place to the 5th position.
King Faisal will need to tackle the bull by the horns on Friday, knowing the strength of WAFA especially at home.
Zubeiru Ibrahim, Mawuli Wayo, Osman Ibrahim and Enoch Morisson will need to play above themselves to win at WAFA having suffered a 4-3 defeat when they last visited the WAFA Park in November 2020.
