Asante Kotoko were the only team that won an away game, as they earned their first away win since match day 12. The Porcupine Warriors reduced Liberty Professionals into an ordinary side at Dansoman and handed them a 0-2 defeat.
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Statistics after match day 24
Four wins and 3 draws were recorded over the weekend.
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Kotoko, as a result, have earned back to back wins for the very first time in the second round to close in on league leaders Wa All Stars.
The defeat was Liberty Professionals 4th of the season at home.
Hearts of Oak continued their winless streak as they drew 1-1 against poor away performers Techiman City. It has taken then Phobians to 4 straight matches with a win, having won 1 and drawn 3.
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Dwarfs maintained their fabulous 2nd half display when they defeated league leaders Wa All Stars to take them to 5 consecutive matches without a defeat and also send them to 6 straight league wins
AshGold drew 1-1 against Dreams to take them to 15 league draws, which is the highest thus far.
The troubles of New Edubiase United continued over the weekend as the bottom club could only manage a draws against West African Football Academy (WAFA), despite relocating from Obuasi to their favourite grounds New Edubiase.
General stats
A total of 191 matches have been played thus far.
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A total of 374 goals have been scored, which is an average of 1.967 goals per game.
Aduana Stars have scored the highest number of goals, scoring 33 in the process.
Sekondi Hasaacas have let in 35 goals, which are the highest number of goals conceded
Wa All Stars are the team with the best defence, conceding 15 goals
A total of 138 wins have been recorded in 191 games, a percentage of 72.25% of wins.
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Wa All Stars and Aduana Stars have won more league games than any other side: 12 wins in 24 games
There have been 25 away wins. In percentage wise, it is 18.84%
51 drawn games have been witnessed in 191 league matches, which is 26.70%.
Ashgold have drawn twelve (15) games which is the most by a club.
The most goals scored on a match day were 25: match day 6.
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The least number of goals scored on a match day were 10, which happened on match day 19.
The highest scoring games were witnessed on match day two and six. On match day 2 Hasaacas defeated Techiman City 4-2 and on match day 6, Liberty Professionals demolished league champions Ashgold 5-1, Kotoko 4-2 Techiman City and Aduana Stars 4-2 Bechem United, all in 6-goal thriller
The highest number of goals scored by a single club in a game were 5 goals by WAFA in a 5-0 win over Hasaacas on match day 3 and Liberty Professionals when they defeated Ashgold 5-1 on match day 6.
Stats on players
Yahaya Mohammed scored on match day 24 to register his 14th goal of the season and Latif Blessing on the top scorers’ chart.
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Dauda Mohammed scored the fastest goal of the first half of the season. It came under one (1) minute against Dreams FC at Dawu on match day 8
Charles Boateng was the first player to score a goal this season, when his opener aided WAFA to edge Kotoko 2-0, with Samuel Tetteh scoring the other on the opening day of the Ghana Premier League
The first hat-trick of the season was registered by Samuel Tetteh on match day 3 when WAFA thrashed Hasaacas 5-0. Yahaya Mohammed registered the second hat-trick of the season, after hitting 3 past Hasaacas on match day 8. Dauda Mohammed completed the first round of the season with the 3rd hat-trick as Kotoko defeated Techiman City 4-2 before Latif Blessing bagged a hat-trick against Hasaacas to record the 4 of the season.
***12 players scored a brace after the first round of matches: Maxwell Baako of Wa All Stars, Latif Blessing of Liberty Professionals (scored a brace twice), Eric Bekoe of Hasaacas, Musah Ibrahim of Hearts of Oak, Saddick Adams of Berekum (twice) Chelsea, Magnus Ebo Duncan of Hasaacas , Yahaya Mohammed of Aduana Stars (thrice), Dauda Mohammed, Bright Adjei (Aduana Stars), Bright Lukman (Dwarfs), Richmond Lamptey (WAFA) and Kojo Poku (Hasaacas)
The first player to be sent off was Eric Kumi, for receiving the 2nd booking for taking off his shirt, after scoring against Medeama.
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Emmanuel Hayford and Lord Ofushene of Dreams FC and Inter Allies respectively were the first two persons to see a direct red card, following a scuffle between them in their sides 2-2 draw.
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