GPL WK 2 ROUND UP: Hearts of Oak humiliated in Tarkwa, Aduana Stars sneak in win Accra over Great Olympics as Berekum Chelsea play blank against Liberty Professionals
Match Day 2 of the 2019/20 Ghana premier league season concluded with some fascinating results across the various match day centers in the country
Ghana premier league new boys, Kumasi King Faisal and Accra Great Olympics are yet to come to the party as they are still in dream land since returning to the top-flight league this season
Old folks Accra Hearts of Oak, Ebusua Dwarfs and Techiman XI Wonders continue to suffer from the opening two matches as they await their first point of the campaign after Match Day 2
Defending champions Aduana Stars, season favourites Asante Kotoko, Dreams Football Club, AshantiGold SC and the academy boys West African Football Academy maintain their 100 percent record after Match Day 2 of the 2019/20 Ghana premier league season
Match Day 2 began with the first ever Friday night football as title favourites Kumasi Asante Kotoko travel to the nation’s capital to battle it out with moneybags, Legon Cities Football Club under the floodlights of the Accra Sports Stadium
The Porcupine Warriors proved a tough nut to crack as they humbly dispatched their opponents 3-1 on the night. Legon Cities FC gave a good account of themselves as they took the lead through Greek striker Papadoulopous before Augustine Okrah restored parity for the Kumasi based club before half-time
Former Legon Cities FC star, Emmanuel Gyamfi scored a second half brace to sweep the maximum points for the Reds on the night to maintain their 100 percent record to the season
A second game at the Accra Sports Stadium beckon on Saturday afternoon as Inter Allies play host to Bechem United. Inter Allies waded off their opening day 0-4 humiliation in Dormaa to record their first win of the season
Kwabena Kyeremanteng put Inter Allies infront as early as the 9th minute of the match before Salifu Moro restored parity in the 22nd minute of the encounter
Victorien Adebayor who made a return to the starting line-up for Inter Allies sealed victory for his side in the 43rd minute of the match as Bechem United still wait their first away win in top-flight league after a 1-0 win over Legon Cities Football Club in 2017
Super Sunday saw all seven maday day games going on
Medeama SC added to the worries of Accra Hearts of Oak in Tarkwa as they humiliated them scoring three an unanswered goals with Prince Opoku Agyemang netting a first half brace before substitute Nana Kofi Babil added a third in the second half to seal a resounding victory for the Tarkwa based club as they maintain a perfect start to the season with two out of two wins
Disappointing Hearts of Oak remain without a point after two matches into the season
Academy boys West African Football Academy made it two out of two victories with a comfortable 2-0 win over struggling Ebusua Dwarfs. A goal in each half of the match from Eric Asamany and substitute Daniel Owusu sealed maximum points for WAFA to remain unbeaten after two games into the new season
Daniel Owusu strike is his first ever goal in the elite league competition in the country
Ebusua Dwarfs remain without a point after two matches into the season
The Ashanti Derby ended in favour of the lads from Obuasi as AshantiGold SC run away with a narrow one nil victory against 10 men King Faisal with strike coming from Yussif Mubarik who has made it two goals out of two matches played
Alexander Donfeh is the second player to receive a red card in the new season
AshantiGold SC maintain a 100 percent record while opponents chase their first point of the new campaign
Dreams Football Club continued their perfect start to the campaign with a hard fought 1-0 win away from home against Techiman XI Wonders. Sulemana Mohammed scored the only goal of the encounter to seal win for the Dawu lads
Techiman XI Wonders remain without a point after two matches into the season
Both Elmina Sharks and Karela United record their first point each of the new season following their 1-1 stalemate at the Nduom Stadium in Elmina
Karela United took the lead through Darlington Gyan Fosu before new signing Raphael Ocloo scored his debut goal for Elmina Sharks to earn a draw for his side
Both sides still chase their first win of the season as we head into week 3 of the campaign
Defending champions Aduana Stars left it late to break the hearts of Great Olympics at the Accra Sports Stadium with a slim victory
Richard Kwesi Nathan scored the only goal of the encounter as Aduana Stars remain unbeaten as opponents remain without a point after two matches into the season
Berekum Chelsea played out a barren draw game against Liberty Professionals at home as they failed to capitalised on their week 1 famous victory over Hearts of Oak
The only highlights of the game came in the 80th minute as striker Kofi Owusu missed from the spot kick
He becomes the first player to miss a penalty in the 2019/20 Ghana premier league season
STATS FOR MATCH DAY 2
HOME WINS – 3
AWAY WINS – 4
DRAW – 2
TOTAL GOALS SCORED – 17
CLEAN SHEETS – 6
RED CARD – ALAXANDER DONFEH ( KING FAISAL FC )
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By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai