Ghana Premier League: Statistics after match day 17

Statistic on match day 17 Sixteen (16) goals were scored on match day 17, after 7 games played. Medeama's league game against WAFA was declared outstanding due to the Tarkwa club's participation in the CAF Confederation Cup.

Aduana Stars were the big winners on match day 17 when the hit three past Dwarfs at Dormaa.

There was no away league victory in the 7 league games played on match day 17. Hence in back to back match days, no away win was recorded on the road.

Yahaya Mohammed increased his goals account to 12, so stretching his lead as the top scorer of the 2015-16 Ghana Premier League.

Asante Kotoko managed to put the brakes on WA All Stars, the league leaders, who had won their past three league games and gone unbeaten in 5 games in the league when they edged them by a goal to nil to avenge their match day 14 defeat.

Amos Frimpong was in news again for the right reason, as he scored the only goal for Kotoko against Wa All Stars on Wednesday. He was the same player who got his side the equaliser against Techiman City on match day 16.

Ashanti Gold, the defending league champions, despite without their head coach Bashir Hayford, who had sought permission to pursue a coaching course, finally got their first league victory in 9 games, beating TechimanCity 2-0 to lift themselves from the drop zone. They last won on match day 8 against New Edubiase United.

Eric Gawu, former King Faisal and Hearts of Oak prolific goal scoring machine registered his name on the score sheet against New Edubiase United, after Philemon McCarthy, former Hearts of Oak goalie had put the Dreams FC in front to make it 2-0 in their favour.

General stats
A total of 135 matches have been played thus far.
A total of 278 goals have been scored, which is an average of 2.05 goals per game.

Aduana Stars have scored the highest number of goals, scoring 28 in the process.

Sekondi Hasaacas have let in 27 goals, which are the highest number of goals conceded

Wa All Stars are the team with the best defence, conceding 10 goals

A total of 101 wins have been recorded in 135 games, a percentage of 74.8% of wins.

Wa All Stars, Kotoko and Aduana Stars have won more league games than any other side: 9 wins in 17 games

There have been 20 away wins. In percentage wise it is 19.80%

34 drawn games have been witnessed in 135 league games, which is 25.18%.

Ashgold have drawn nine (10) games which is the most by a club.

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

The least number of goals scored on a match day were 11, which happened on match day 12

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 Aduan 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 is the leading top-scorer of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) with 12 goals

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 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 registered the second hat-trick of the season, after hitting 3 past Hasaacas on match day 8, before Dauda Mohammed completed the first round of the season with the 3 hat-trick as Kotoko defeated Techiman City 4-2

9 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 and Bright Adjei (Aduana Stars)

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.