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Kotoko's Songne Yacouba & Medeama's Agyenim Boateng take lead in the battle for GPL assist king

Agyenim Boateng and Songne Yacouba
Agyenim Boateng and Songne Yacouba

Lovers of the game mostly forget that it was as a result of the effort of someone that aided the scorer to register his or her name on the scoresheet.

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Sports Statistician Thomas Freeman Yeboah has taken it upon himself to compile data on assist providers who are like the unsung heroes of the game as the 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League unfolds 

After matchday two assists providers efforts have gone unnoticed.

Below are the assist kings of the ongoing Ghana Premier League

It is a straight forward battle between Medeama’s Agyenim Boateng and Asante Kotoko’s Songne Yacouba who registered a hattrick of assists on matchday 1 against Dwarfs and matchday 2 against Legon Cities FC, respectively.

It should be noted that an assist is not recorded when a goal is scored from a direct freekick, penalty kick, direct corner kick or a blunder committed by an opponent.

Agyenim Boateng-Medeama-3

Songne Yacouba- Kotoko-3

Isaac Kwain-Aduana-2

Emmanuel Ocran-Dreams FC-2

The ff are players with 1 goal:

Legon Cities

Panayotis Papadopoulos

Jabilah Karim

Inter Allies

Victorien Adebayor

Ricahrd Acquah

Aduana Stars

Samuel Bioh

Benjamin Owusu

Kotoko

Christopher Nettey

WAFA

Forson Amankwah

Justice Amate

Augustine Boakye

AshGold

Mark Agyekum

Medeama

Ebenezer Akambi

Agyei Boakye

Bechem United

Kwadwo Asamoah

Berekum Chelsea

Benjamin Abaidoo

Liberty Professionals

Enoch Aryeetey

Issaka Emmanuel

Elvis Kyei-Baffour

Dreams FC

Peter Sakodie

Suleman Mohammed

Ibrahim Issah

Emmanuel Ocran

Elmina Sharks

Samuel Arthur

Karela

Diawusie Taylor

N/B: It should be noted that an assist is not recorded when a goal is scored from a direct freekick, penalty kick, direct corner kick or a blunder committed by an opponent.

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