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Statistics after match day 21

There were five 5 wins and two draws in 7 matches on match day 21 of the Ghana Premier League.

The match day 21 produced no away league victory.

Two players made the headlines for the right reasons: Richmond Lamptey was the two goal hero of WAFA's win against Bechem United, whereas Kojo Poku hit a brace to bring Hasaacas back to winning ways.

The last time Hasaacas had won a game before match day 21 was match day 17 when they defeated Bechem United 3-1. In their past three game, they lost 2 and drew 1.

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The topliner of the day ended one all when Hearts of Oak levelled to deny Asante Kotoko of a victory.

In that game, a certain pattern repeated itself: A side that enters the dressing room with a goal lead always avoid a defeat in the fixture, since 1964 when Hearts despite were down by a goal heading into the half time break, staged a comeback to win 3-2 in the second half.

Hearts of Oak’s win will keep them at the top of the league summit, waiting for the outcome of Wa All Stars outstanding league game against Medeama.

Hasaacas were big winners, as they halted Dreams FC’s two straight wins in the league by edging them 2-0 at Essipong Sports Stadium, Sekondi.

Ebusua Dwarfs continued their new found impressive form when the held Ashanti Gold to a 1-1 draw at the Len Clay Sports Stadium, Obuasi. In the 2nd half, they have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2 in 6 games to lift themselves from the drop zone.

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The draw against Dwarfs is AshGold's 13th of the season, which is the most by a club.

The woes of New Edubiase United continued, as Berekum Chelsea got a late winner to take all the three maximum points at stake

General stats

A total of 166 matches have been played thus far.

A total of 327 goals have been scored, which is an average of 1.96 goals per game.

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Aduana Stars have scored the highest number of goals, scoring 30 in the process.

Sekondi Hasaacas have let in 30 goals, which are the highest number of goals conceded

Wa All Stars are the team with the best defence, conceding 12 goals

A total of 121 wins have been recorded in 166 games, a percentage of 72.89% of wins.

Wa All Stars, Medeama and Hearts of Oak have won more league games than any other side: 10 wins in 21 games

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There have been 22 away wins. In percentage wise it is 18.18%

45 drawn games have been witnessed in 166 league games, which is 27.10%.

Ashgold have drawn twelve (13) 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.

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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

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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

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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