General stats

A total of 55 matches have been played so far

A total of 110 goals have been scored, which is an average of 2 goals per game.

Wa All Stars are leading the pack with 17 points, while Ebusua Dwarfs are lying at the bottom of the table with 5.

Hearts of Oak of Oak and Wa All Stars are joint highest scoring clubs, with 10 goals apiece.

The team with the best defence are WA All Stars with 2 goals conceded in 7 league games.

A total of 41 wins have been recorded in 55 games, a percentage of 74.55% of wins.

Wa All Stars are the teams with most wins: 5 wins each.

There have been 6 away wins thus far: Hearts of Oak’s wins at Medeama and Inter Allies, All Stars’ win at Aduana Stars and Hearts of Oak, Dreams FC’s win against at Dwarfs on match day 1 and Ashgold on match day 7. In percentage wise 14.6% of the wins have been recorded in away games.

14 drawn games have been witnessed in 55 league games, which is 25%.

Ashgold have drawn four games which is the most by a club.

The most goals scored on a match day are 25, coming on 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

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 leading joint top-scorers are Samuel Tetteh of WAFA and Latif Blessing with 5 goals apiece

The first hat-trick of the season was registered by Samuel Tetteh on match day 3 when WAFA thrashed Hasaacas 5-0.

5 players have scored a brace this season: Maxwell Baako of Wa All Stars, Latif Blessing of Liberty Professionals, Eric Bekoe of Hasaacas, Musah Ibrahim of Hearts of Oak and Sadick Adams of Berekum Chelsea

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.

Statistics peculiar to match day 7

Hearts halted the winning streak of Techiman City with a goalless draw. In 1986 Hearts of Oak were stunned 2-1 by debutants, Techiman Holy Stars at the Nana Ameyaw Park, but earned at least a point on that same venue, after 30 years.

The league champions Ashgold surrounded their incredible home form when Dreams FC edged them by a goal to nil. The last time the Miners lost a league game at home was February, 2014, when Bechem United handed them a 0-2 defeat a t Obuasi, which is 2 years and 2 months ago.

Dreams FC were the only side that won a game on the road.

Asante Kotoko returned to winning ways under their new coach Michael Osei, after David Duncan was asked to step-aside by the management of the club, as they beat Liberty Professionals 3-1.

The win 3-1 has extended Kotoko’s wins at home against Liberty Professionals to 13 in 16 engagements (L1, D2).

New Edubiase became the first team to score a goal against WAFA at home this season. The academy boys had won all their three matches in grand style: beat Kotoko 2-0, Hasaacas 5-0 and piped Liberty Professionals 1-0, but New Edubiase held them to a 1-1 draw on Sunday to shatter their home invincibility.

Inter Allies were the side that scored the highest number of goals on match day 7 when the thrashed Bechem United 4-0 at the Tema Sports Stadium

Wa All Stars continued their impressive run to the season with a 1-0 win against Ebusua Dwarfs to maintain their grip on the league table