Real Tamale United (RTU), hosts Accra Hearts of Oak on Friday as the 2023/24 betPawa Premier League begins this weekend.
This Matchday One fixture, will be played at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium, Tamale where the home side won this fixture last season.
Friday’s game, is an evening kickoff in the Northern regional capital, and it should be one to savour for both set of fans that will turn up at the venue.
Pre-season
RTU’s pre-season preparations was not put in the media spotlight, but, they went undefeated in the matches they played and they will fancy their chances of getting the result on home soil.
Accra Hearts of Oak won all nine of the pre-season friendlies they played, scoring 35 goals with only five conceded, and they will look to build on this as the season begins.
Team news
The ‘Pride of the North’ as RTU are known, lost about 85 percent of the squad that kept them in in the league last season, and it will be interesting to see how their new recruits blend with their new teammates.
They will come up against a very confident Hearts of Oak side that travelled to Tamale with 23 players on Tuesday, showing their seriousness about this encounter as they aim for the three points.
RTU have had the better if the exchanges over the Phobians in the last two seasons, but they will be up against a very determined Hearts of Oak side that will be difficult to beat on Friday night in Tamale.