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GPL Match day 3: Hearts win, Kotoko lose as Aduana cruise to top spot


Matchday three of the Ghana Premier came to life on Sunday as eight games took place across various league centres, with one on Saturday.
The matchday kicked off with a game at the Carl Reindolf Park in Dansoman, with Liberty Professionals hosting Medeama. The home side took the lead and held it for a greater part of the time until Medeama equalized within the last twenty minutes to rescue a point.
In Accra, Hearts of Oak were able to claim their first win of the season over Ebusua Dwarfs at home after scoring from two magnificent free-kicks. Joseph Esso scored the first from a close range and Kofi Kodzie added the second in the second half. Dwarfs were able to pull one back after a brilliant-cut through the Phobian defence to set Albert Ato Hammond up for a goal. Interim coach of Hearts, Nii Odoom says he wasn’t surprised they scored from set-pieces because they spent half an hour on that in training the previous day. He hopes to build on this performance and allow the players to grow in confidence.
On the other side, Asante Kotoko was stunned at home to Berekum Chelsea. They lost by a goal to nil. Chelsea has now beaten both Hearts and Kotoko away from home and that sends a strong signal to other opponents. Coach Konadu has said that he has identified the need to get a striker for the team as the team lacks a cutting edge forward. Their next game is away to free-scoring Medeama in Tarkwa.
Aduana Stars have now moved up the league log with three wins out of three and has done so by the help of their brilliant forward, Yahaya Mohammed. Yahaya stroke twice as they defeated King Faisal at home. They have been closely matched by Ashgold who have also won all three games and are even yet to concede a goal. The miners believe they are amongst title contenders and is doing everything to keep that status. They defeated Eleven Wonders of Techiman by two goals at the Len Clay Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Great Olympics, King Faisal and Ebusua Dwarfs are still yet to gather any points after matchday three. Already, pundits have started drawing the lines as to who could be on the chopping board.
Here are the full results from matchday three.
Liberty 1-1Medeama
Elvis Kyei Baffour Nana Kofi Babil
Kotoko 0-1 Chelsea
Kofi Owusu
Hearts 2-1Dwarfs
Joseph Esso. Robert Hammond
Kofi Kordzi
Aduana 2-1 King Faisal
Yaya Mohammed 2* Osman Ibrahim
Karela 2-1 Inter
Franklin Osei. Victorien Adebayor
Ofosu Abega
Bechem 1-0 Olympics
Prince Adu
Dreams 0-0 Legon Cities
Ashgold 2-0 Wonders
Emmanuel Owusu
Mark Agyekum
Sharks 0-0 WAFA
Credit: Herosportsgh.com
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