Following Asante Kotoko’s exit from the CAF Confederation Cup, the Porcupine Warriors have returned to winning ways with a resounding 4-2 win over Karela United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday.
A brace from Hubert Gyau with a goal each from Seth Kwadwo and Peter Amidu Acquah sealed the third victory of the season for Kotoko.
The visitors scored through Bless Ege and Abdul Raman Yaya.
Kotoko started brightly with intense pressure on their opponents and quickly broke the deadlock in the 6th minute.
Midfielder Seth Kwadwo sent a long pass to Saaka Dauda, who delivered a decent cross into the penalty area.
With a superb half-volley, Hubert Gyau connected perfectly to put Kotoko ahead.
Minutes after, Karela responded with Bless Ege’s spot kick in the 17th minute following a defensive lapse from goalie Mohammed Camara.
Kotoko restored their lead from Gyau’s thunderous shot outside the penalty box in the 22nd minute to register his brace.
Looking to cement their dominance, Kotoko scored the third when Seth Kwadwo scored from a clean header with 10 minutes left to play in the first half.
Back from recess, Peter Amidu Acquah placed the icing on the cake with Kotoko’s fourth in the 61st minute before the visitors snatched a late goal in the 70th minute by Abdul Raman Yaya.
At the Nsenkyire Stadium, Hearts of Oak secured a 2-1 win over struggling Basake Holy Stars.
The Phobians had to come back from their 2-2 frustrating draw with Gold Stars last week as they gear up for the first leg of the Super Clash with archrivals Asante Kotoko.
New signing Frank Duku opened the scoring late in the first half from a spot kick.
In the second half, forward Hamza Issah doubled the advantage for the visitors with a clean header.
Minutes later, Holy Stars managed to grab a consolation through Issah Yakubu, who scored from a spot kick in the 70th minute as the Phobians held on to their lead.
The Swedru Sports Stadium saw another thrilling action game between Swedru All Blacks and Heart of Lions.
A very end-to-end game, but it was the Lions who made it count when they scored first before the stroke of the first half through Freeman Chauncy’s goal.
The home side left it late, through Rudolf Mensah’s strike to end the game with a point.
At Dun’s Park in Bibiani, Sampson Eduku’s solitary goal was enough to hand Gold Stars all three points over Young Apostles.
Dreams FC were 2-0 winners over FC Samartex at the Tuba AstroTurf.
Goals from Suraj Seidu and Nemorden Jonathan gave the Still Believe lads their second win of the campaign.
Seidu Abubakar scored the only goal for Berekum Chelsea in their slim 1-0 win over Vision at the Golden City Park.
It was another defeat for struggling Eleven Wonders following their 1-0 loss to in-form league leaders Aduana Stars at the University of Ghana Stadium.
Charles Gyamfi Kamara scored the winner for Aduana Stars in the 83rd minute.
Wonders are yet to pick a single victory after eight matches, having drawn 2 with 6 defeats.
