Hearts Of Oak apply for increment in the 25% stadium attendance for Asante Kotoko clash

Accra Hearts of Oak has applied for the increment in the 25% stadium attendance ahead of their titanic clash with rivals Asante Kotoko on Sunday at Accra Sports Stadium.

The two most glamorous clubs will lock horns on match-day 31 of the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League.

It would be recalled that Ghana’s Sports Ministry announced the return of football fans to the various match venues in April. They directed that only 25 per cent of the match venue capacity should be allowed for both domestic and international games.

The Ministry’s statement read; “The Ministry of Youth and Sports is delighted to announce that with immediate effect, approval is granted for football fans (25%) to return to the various League centres to watch both domestic and international competitions subject to observing all the national COVID-19 protocols and the GFA Matchday COVID-19 protocols”.

The Ghana Premier League clubs since that directive in mid-April have been adhering to it by admitting 25 per cent of the capacity of their venue.

But ahead of the country’s biggest fixture, the Phobians have applied for an increase in the stadium intake, requesting for 70 per cent .

”If even we are given 70% we will be able to cater for it, ” the club’s PRO Kwame Opare Addo told Oyerepa FM.

The game is scheduled to come on Sunday, June 27, 2021.