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Vital statistics of GPL after match day 6

Match day witnessed the highest number of goals so far

General stats

A total of 48 matches have been played so far

A total of 97 goals have been scored, which is an average of 2.02 goals per game.

Wa All Stars are leading the pack with 14 points, while Asante Kotoko are lying at the bottom of the table with 5, an unprecedented low for the club after match day 6

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Hearts of Oak of Oak are still the highest scoring club, despite losing 3-1 to the WA lads in the weekend. They scored a total of 10.

The team with the best defence are WA All Stars with 2 goals conceded in 6 league games.

A total of 36 wins have been recorded in 48 games, a percentage of 79.16% of wins.

Hearts of Oak and Wa All Stars are the teams with most wins: 4 wins each.

There have been 5 away wins thus far: Hearts of Oak’s wins at Medeama and Inter Allies, All Stars’ win at Aduana Stars and Hearts of Oak, Dreams FC’s win against at Dwarfs on match day 1. In percentage wise 10% of the wins were recorded in away games.

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12 drawn games have been witnessed in 48 league games, which is 25%.

Ashgold have drawn four games which is the most by a club.

The most goals scored on a match day are 25, coming on match day 6.

The least number of goals scored on a match day are 12, which happened on match day 5

The highest scoring game was 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, both in 6-goal thriller

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The highest number of goals scored by a single club in a game is 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

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 leading joint top-scorers are Samuel Tetteh of WAFA, Eric Bekoe of Hasaacas, Latif Blessing of Liberty Professionals and Sadick Adams of Berekum Chelsea, with 4 goals each each.

The first hat-trick of the season was registered by Samuel Tetteh on match day 3 when WAFA thrashed Hasaacas 5-0.

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5 players have scored a brace this season: Maxwell Baako of Wa All Stars, Latif Blessing of Liberty Professionals, Eric Bekoe of Hasaacas, Musah Ibrahim of Hearts of Oak and Sadick Adams of Berekum Chelsea

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.

Statistics peculiar to match day 5

Wa All Stars continued their unbeaten run, but shattered that of Hearts of Oak when they edged them 3-1 in Accra to remain the only side yet to see a defeat.

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They proved they are boggy side of Hearts of Oak when they registered their 4thvictory in 9 visits to Accra, whereas the Phobians have also won the same number of games against them in Accra.

Hearts of Oak last lost at home on match day 25 of the 2014-15 league season when Kotoko defeated them 2-1.

The league champions, Ashgold suffered a 5-1 defeat in the hands of Liberty Professionals, the worst results in their ties and that ended the Miners unbeaten run.

Hasaacas joined Hearts of Oak, becoming the second team to win from a losing position when they came from a goal down to beat Berekum Chelsea 2-1.

Kotoko suffered their 3rd defeat of the season to root at the bottom of the table, after 6 games. This is the poorest start to a league season in their history, after 6 league games.

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David Duncan is the second coach to be relieved of his duty in the ongoing season, after his side lost away to Aduana Stars at Dormaa a dreaded ground for them. The first casualty was Nurudeen Ahmed of Aduana Stars.

Asante Kotoko’s quest to score at least a goal at Dormaa to break the jinx of having never scored there since Aduana Stars made their premier league debut in the 2009-10 season, couldn’t materialize as they left there yesterday without finding the back of the net once again.

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