Vital statistics after match day 11

Statistics on match day 11

Match day 11 produced 14 goals from 7 games. Liberty Professionals home game against Medeama was declared outstanding, due to the Tarkwa lads CAF Confederation Cup game against Sundowns over the weekend.

Aduana Stars scored the highest goals of the weekend when they thumped debutants Dreams FC 4-0 at Dormaa.

Yahaya Mohammed and Dauda Mohammed scored a brace each against Dreams FC and Ebusua Dwarfs respectively.

Accra Hearts of Oak were the only side that earned an away victory when they edged Berekum Chelsea by a goal to nil to end their 43 unbeaten home run in the Ghana Premier League and registered their first away league victory against Berekum Chelsea in 9 visits. They had lost 7 and drawn 1 in the 8 previous outings prior to the game on Sunday.

Kenichi Yatsuhashi’s men remain the only club still undefeated in away league fixtures this season. They have amassed a total of 14 points from a possible 18, which is more than the 7 points secured from the 5 home league games.

The win has sent Hearts of Oak to the summit of the league table to dethrone Wa All Stars.

The woes of Ashgold, the league champions continued on match day 11 when they were held to a goalless draw. They have gone 5 home league games without a win, having lost 2 and drawn 3.

Coach J.E Sarpong was sacked on Monday, after his side's 0-3 defeat to Kotoko in Kumasi on Sunday.

General stats

A total of 87 matches have been played thus far

A total of 183 goals have been scored, which is an average of 2.10 goals per game.

Hearts of Oak have dethroned Wa All Stars to occupy the top of the league table, after beating Chelsea at Berekum, whereas All Stars slipped at Techiman against debutants Techiman City.

Edusua Dwarfs are still rocked to the bottom of the table, following a 0-3 defeat to Kotoko in Kumasi.

Aduana Stars are the highest scoring club with 17 goals.

WAFA have conceded 7 goals which is the least number of goals so far.

A total of 68 wins have been recorded in 87 games, a percentage of 78.16% of wins.

Hearts of Oak and Wa All Stars are the teams with most wins: 6 wins.

There have been 14 away wins thus far. In percentage wise 20.58% of the wins have been recorded in away games: The latest team to win away were Hearts of Oak

19 drawn games have been witnessed in 87 league games, which is 21.83%.

Ashgold have drawn five (6) games which is the most by a club.

The most goals scored on a match day are 25: match day 6.

The least number of goals scored on a match day are 12, which happened on match day 5

The highest scoring game was 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, both in 6-goal thriller

The highest number of goals scored by a single club in a game is 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 has surpassed Latif Blessing in the goal king race, after he scored a brace on Sunday. The Aduana Stars striker is now on 9 goals, which is one ahead of Blessing on 8 goals

Dauda Mohammed has scored the fastest goal 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 in 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 has registered the second hat-trick of the season, after hitting 3 past Hasaacas on match day 8

8 players have scored a brace this season: 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 (twice) and Dauda Mohammed

The first player to be sent off was Eric Kumi, for receiving a 2nd booking for taking off his shirt, after scoring against Medeama.

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.