Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak will be facing each in the Ghanaian topflight league for the 13 time in the month of August when they do battle on Sunday 6 August in Kumasi.
In the 12 previous clashes they have shared the spoils: Asante Kotoko have four wins and Hearts of Oak have the same number of wins, with the remaining four having ended in draws.
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Outstanding league game
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August 2, 1964
Hearts 3-2 Kotoko
August 8, 1965
Hearts 2-2 Kotoko
Sunday August 12, 1973
Hearts of Oak 0-0 Kotoko
Sunday August 6, 1978
Hearts 1-0 Kotoko
Kingsley Asabir scored the only goal of the game
This is the only occasion Kotoko played Hearts on the 6 August, which the exact date the 2017 outstanding league game will be played.
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Wednesday August 22, 1979
Hearts 1-0 Kotoko
Wednesday August 27, 1980
Kotoko 1-1 Hearts
August 29, 1982
Hearts 0-2 Kotoko
Sunday August 7, 1983
Kotoko 3-4 Hearts of Oak
August 12, 1984
Hearts of Oak 0-1 Kotoko
Outstanding league game
Wednesday August 5, 1987
Hearts 0-2 Kotoko
Sunday August 10, 2003
Kotoko 0-0 Hearts of Oak
Sunday August 2, 2015
Hearts of Oak 1-2 Kotoko