In a few hours' time, the Black Stars of Ghana and the Super Eagles of Nigeria would square up in what has been termed the West African derby. Both countries are looking to compensate their fans with a ticket to Qatar for their shoddy appearance at the just concluded African Cup of Nations that held in Cameroon.

While a match between both countries always made for great talks, this year, much of the talk is about the Baba Yara Stadium, a stadium which the Ghanaians believe bring good luck to the Black Stars. To the rest of the continent, this stadium is viewed differently, and for good reasons too.

The Black Stars have posted impressive results at this stadium, including a 6-1 whitewashing of Egypt, a 7-1 pounding of Lesotho, and most recently, in 2017, a 5-0 thrashing of Ethiopia. Owing to these outstanding results, this stadium is now regarded as a slaughterhouse.

But is this stadium truly dreadful, or just simply overrated?

Aside Egypt, Ghana have posted impressive results only against small African teams. Even though Ethiopia cannot be considered a small footballing country, nonetheless, it wouldn't count as a big boy on the African continent.

It is also important to input that the current Ghanaian squad is a far cry from the Ghanaian team that destroyed Egypt, and thrashed Lesotho and Ethiopia. It is also important to note that the thrashing of Egypt happened in 2014, almost a decade ago, and there is no guarantee that the Baba Yara stadium will bring that much good luck should Ghana host Egypt again.

Whenever the dreadfulness of the Baba Yara Stadium is mentioned, references are made only to the Lesotho (2012), Egypt (2014), and Ethiopia (2017) matches. For a stadium that claims to be dreadful, this is not an impressive resume, in my opinion.

So, my verdict is that the Baba Yara Stadium is not dreadful, or that its reputation cannot be considered apt. Ghana needs to post more impressive results for me to accept that this stadium is truly a slaughterhouse.

It all bores doen to mindset

dawnomike:
It all bores doen to mindset

That is quite true.

The mind is very powerful.

The Super Eagles must go to that stadium, and not be intimidated.

Why was 11 mins added to Cameroon vs Algeria match?

My only fear is Eguavoen. I think Rohr was slightly better than him.
Our best home based coach (Keshi) don die

Our coaches are actually our weakest link

Ghana face Egypt in Baba yara Stadium in 2017 it ended 1-1