We are gearing towards the business end of the season_where fantasies are becoming reality and club’s are beginning to feel the full pressure of participating in Cameroons’ elite competition.
New stars of Douala have a point to prove when Dragon of Yaounde comes visiting the town for the second time in 4 days, the first being a 2-0 defeat they suffered in the hands of new comers Avion of the Nkam.
Stakes
The stakes increases as every match day goes by. Dragon find themselves in a precarious position, loosing back-to-back against teams they would feel they had to claim maximum points against, but the way the league is turning out, a win for the 7 place Dragon takes them from 12 points to equal the point tally of New stars who are second on the log. A win on the other hand would not keep New stars in control of their own destinies.
Current form
New stars would be absolutely delighted the game is coming at a time when the club is on the back of claiming a victory against rivals Union of Douala. The win for New stars made it 2 wins in 5, 2 draws, and a defeat for them
New stars 1-0 TKC
Apejes 2-0 New stars
New stars 2-2 Avion
Colombe 0-0 New stars
Union Douala 0-1 New stars
Dragon have a poor record comparatively to that of their opponents on Wednesday, April 3, with just a single win out of 5
Union 0-0 Dragon
Dragon 1-1 Colombe
Dragon 3-1 Apejes
PWD 1-0 Dragon
Avion 2-1 Dragon
The record shows how the team is at the moment finding it difficult to pick up points on their travels.
Past encounters
The tie turns in huge favour of Dragon of Yaounde in recent times. New stars have won just one of the previous 9 meetings in this one, with Dragon taking the lion share of the victories, winning 5, sharing spoils 3, and loosing once, way back in 2016
2015
New stars 0-0 Dragon
Dragon 0-0 New stars
2016
New stars 2-0 Dragon
Dragon 3-1 New stars
2017
Dragon 2-1 New stars
New stars 1-1 Dragon
2018
Dragon 2-0 New Stars
New stars 4-5 Dragon
2019
Dragon 5-1 New stars
Everytime these two meet, it promises to be exciting with high scoring games; it is the joint highest goal scoring game this campaign with 6 goals, and it recorded the highest goals (9) in the 2018 Elite 1 campaign.
Players to watch
A resilient defense of New stars have gone 2 games without conceding thanks to the defensive partnership of Kotto kingue and Orian Jores, who just made his way back from injury, together with Jacque Olih covering the New stars back four. It would be interesting to see how an exciting group of Dragon players led by highest goal scorer, Ekollo Malolo would be able to break the wall.
GIOVANNI WANNEH.
