When the premier league comes around this Sunday, the significance of the fixtures will be limited to two main issues.

The first is the obligation that binds on the clubs to honour their last games, and the second, the search for a partner for Maxbees as they make the journey back into the tortuous world of Division One soccer.

Such are the main attractions that hold for soccer fans as the clubs engage in their season-closing and fate-defining games, in which the real competition for now is limited to the last quarter of the table.

Last Wednesday when title holders, Hearts of Oak, gave power FC a 4-0 annihilation, the result did not only power them to their fifth successive title defence, but also succeeded in reducing their last game and the one involving closest pursuers, Asante Kotoko, to mere official procedures.

So between Bofoakwa, Power FC and Dawu Youngsters, relegation candidates, Maxbees, will find a suitable companion, unwilling though, for that fateful trip, which has proven to be an unfortunate adventure for all who have trodden that path in the past.

Conscious of the imminent danger of slipping into relegation, each of these sides will tackle their respective games with utmost seriousness, with full acknowledgement of the consequence of an unfavourable result.

Significantly, as fate would have it, all three sides will honour their last games at home. While Power take on Maxbees at the Koforidua Park, Bofoakwa welcome Hearts to the Sunyani Coronation Park, with Dawu staying at Dawu for Goldfields.

Although Bofoakwa appear to have the tallest order, both Power and Dawu can ill afford to claim easy victories against their opponents ahead of the clashes. Interesting all opponents for the three sides have no worries in these last games.

Indeed, the Sunyani side seems so unfortunate to have been paired against the best side in the league at a time their continuous existence in the premiership appears endangered by the haunts of relegation.

But that could be their main advantage. Having already wrapped up their six-times-in-a-row ambition, the Phobians may not possess any motivation for victory on Sunday as no result will tamper with their overall fortunes as far as winning the competition is concerned.

With the fate of a drowning man, Bofoakwa will fight till their last breath, clinging on to the tiniest straw they could lay hands on, all with the singular ambition to escape the undignified realm of Division One.

Tough as it may seem, the task ahead is surmountable but whether the homesters will make any use of the advantage home grounds offers remains to be answered on Sunday.

But what could be crucial to the fate of Bofoakwa will be the chase between silky Charles Taylor and his striking partner, Bernard Don-Bortey, for the goalking title. If the brakes are not applied on them, they may be responsible for any sad story to be told by Bofoakwa after Sunday.

For Power, playing Maxbees who have no place in the premiership after Sunday is a less difficult task, but the shocker they provided Okwawu in Accra last Saturday should be enough warning to the Koforidua-based team.

Incidentally, Power made their return into the top-flight competition only this year after sojourning in the 'wilderness' for a year. And with that bitter experience, they will go all lengths to achieve victory.

Dawu Youngsters will no doubt also be unwilling to compromise their precarious situation against Goldfields, although it seems a tough assignment. Goldfields, however, may be on the route to losing their third straight game having seen a dip in their form over recent period.

At Berekum, Arsenals may have the last laugh over Hasaacas while rejuvenated Mine Stars are favoured to send RTU home empty handed in their game at Prestea with Olympics having the edge over B.A.United in Accra.

On Saturday, Okwawu United and King Faisal will battle for supremacy when they end the season ahead of their counterparts, while observers will be keen to watch how Kotoko and Liberty Professional will fare against each other in what is, in fact, the week's toughest pairing at Kumasi.