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Ghana Premier League: Statistics after match day 22

By Allsports.com.gh
League Report Ghana Premier League: Statistics after match day 22
JUL 28, 2016 LISTEN

Match day 22 has recorded the highest number of goals in the second round. 19 goals were scored in 8 league centres.

Liberty Professionals whipped Hasaacas 4-0 to register their first league victory in 8 games, (L4, D3) They had last won a league game on match day 14 against Hearts of Oak in Accra.

The Sekondi lads have suffered more heavy defeats than any other side this season: WAFA defeated them 5-0 on match day 3 and lost 4-0 to Aduana Stars on match day 8.

Ashanti Gold, the draw specialists extended their total number of draws for the season to 14 games after they held league leaders, Accra Hearts of Oak to a 1-1 draw.

Hearts of Oak are still enjoying a good time at the summit of the league table, despite sharing honours with the Miners, because Wa All Stars, who are the closest league contenders also fell 0-2 at Tema against Inter Allies.

Hearts of Oak are leading the table with 4-points gap, but Wa All Stars will reduce it to a point if they manage to win their outstanding game against Medeama.

New Edubiase deepened the woes of troubled Asante Kotoko when they edged them 2-1 at the Len Clay Sports Stadium to register a home and away league victories over their regional counterparts.

Asante Kotoko have recorded just a win in 7 league games in the second round, (L2, D4).

Although New Edubiase earned three points, they are 4 away from their closest rival Hasaacas in the relegation battle.

Ebusua Dwarfs continued their impressive run in the second round, as they piped West African Football Academy (WAFA) by a goal to nil through Bright Luqman's penalty kick. The win is their 4 of the second half of the season in 7 games, having drawn 1 and lost two to lift themselves from the drop zone to

Aduana Stars were the only away winners on match day 22, when they stunned Medeama 1-0 at the T and A Park.

Yahaya Mohammed scored the only goal against Aduana Stars to go joint top scorer, with Latif Blessing.

General stats
A total of 174 matches have been played thus far.
A total of 346 goals have been scored, which is an average of 1.988 goals per game.

Aduana Stars have scored the highest number of goals, scoring 31 in the process.

Sekondi Hasaacas have let in 34 goals, which are the highest number of goals conceded

Wa All Stars are the team with the best defence, conceding 14 goals

A total of 128 wins have been recorded in 174 games, a percentage of 73.56% of wins.

Wa All Stars, Medeama, Hearts of Oak, Dreams FC and Aduana Stars have won more league games than any other side: 10 wins in 22 games

There have been 23 away wins. In percentage wise it is 17.96%

46 drawn games have been witnessed in 174 league games, which is 26.43%.

Ashgold have drawn twelve (14) 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 9, which happened on match day 19, but fell short of a game due to Medeama's outstanding game against Techiman City.

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 and Latif Blessing are joint the leading top-scorers of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) with 13 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. Dauda Mohammed completed the first round of the season with the 3rd hat-trick as Kotoko defeated Techiman City 4-2, before Latif Blessing bagged a hat-trick against Hasaacas to record the 4 of the season.

12 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, Bright Adjei (Aduana Stars), Bright Lukman (Dwarfs), Richmond Lamptey (WAFA) and Kojo Poku (Hasaacas)

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.

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