Accra Hearts of Oak’s 21-man squad for this afternoon’s showdown with RTU and possible starting XI; Dennis Korsah and other key players excluded

Hearts of Oak caretaker, David Ocloo has confirmed his 21-man for their matchday 33 showdown with Real Tamale United at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The Rainbows go into the game on the back of last weekend’s 1-0 defeat to Legon but they will be looking to bounce back in style against the Northern giants.

However, it’s going to be a hard test for the team with RTU dominating in their last three meetings (two wins and one draw). They defeated the Rainbows 4-1 during their last visit before they won 1-0 at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium.

David Ocloo will do without Richmond Ayi, Dennis Korsah, Caleb Amankwah, and Konadu Yiadom. Eric Esso and Salifu Ibrahim are back in the matchday squad.

Two goalkeepers (Richard Attah and Eric Ofori Antwi) will battle for the starting berth this afternoon. Obeng Junior is expected to start, with Linda Mtenge and Jeordan Otanga also starting from the midfield.

Below is Hearts of Oak 19-man squad:

1 ERIC OFORI

2 RICHARD ATTAH

3 RASHID OKINE

4 ANANE KWABENA

5 CLINTON APPIAH

6 JEORDON OTANGA

7 LINDA MTENGE

8 AMANKWAH BAAFI

9 ISAAC MENSAH

10 ALBERT EONDE

11 YASSAN OUATCHING

12 FRANCIS ADJETEY

13 SAMUEL INKOOM

14 ZAKARI YAKUBU

15 GIDEON ASANTE

16 SURAJ SEIDU

17 OBENG JUNIOR

18 BENJAMIN YORK

19 ADDO SOWAH

20 SALIFU IBRAHIM

21 ERIC ESSO

POSSIBLE LINE-UP:

Eric Ofori Antwi GK

Rashid Okine

Robert Addo Sowah

Kwabena Anane

Francis Adjetey

Jeordon Otanga

Linda Mtange

Eric Esso

Amankwah Baafi

Salifu Ibrahim

Albert Diego Dieudonne Eonde