Accra Hearts of Oak registered their first win of the season when they beat visiting Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs 2-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.
Two set pieces by attackers Joseph Esso and Kofi Kordzi in the 29th and 56th minutes, respectively, gave the Phobia fans something to smile about and a vital three points after two successive losses.
Dwarfs grew into the game and made good use of the flanks as they wore Hearts down. In the 69th minute, substitute attacker Albert Ato Hammond was released in the Hearts area with only the goalkeeper to beat after splitting the Hearts defense open.
He side-footed a low drive past an advancing Richard Atta for a consolation.
There were chaotic scenes at the Baba Yaya stadium after the game between Asante Kotoko and Berekum Chelsea as the home fans wanted to assault the match officials for what they believed to be unfair officiating, an action that led to their loss a goal scored by Kofi Owusu.
At the Dansoman park on Saturday, Liberty Professionals drew 1-1 with SC Medeama. Elvis Kyie Baffour scored from the spot for Liberty before Nana Kofi Nabil drew parity to steal a point from the game.
At the Dormaa park, Yahya Mohammed stretched his goal tally to 5 as he hit a brace for Aduana Stars in their 2-1 win over King Faisal who are yet to win a match.
Great Olympics suffered yet another loss, their third in a row after losing 1-0 to Bechem United in match week three. Prince Adu’s goal sealed the win.
At the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium, Mark Agyekum and Emmanuel Owusu scored both goals as Ashantigold beat Techiman XI Wonders 2-0.
At the Akoon park inside Tarkwa, Karela United beat Inter Allies 2-1. Franklin Osei and Ofosu Abega scored both goals for the home team, whilst Victorien Adebayor recorded a consolation for Allies.
Dreams FC were held to a goalless drawn game by Legon Cities at the Dawu Park. The game between Sharks and WAFA also ended goalless.
Samuel A. Boakye-Buckman (popularly known as Dada Oliseh) is a self-motivated young journalist with a passion for telling stories better with pictures. He is the founder, owner, editor and bankroller of www.ghanasoccernews.org as well as this website, www.totalsportsgh.com. Dada Oliseh is again the brain behind the Dada Oliseh Photos brand that produces awesome pictures of all sporting activities, nature, and other occasions.
He has a vast experience in the reporting of sports in Ghana especially football-related activities in Ghana and beyond. A former employee of Hearts News (official mouthpiece of Accra Hearts of Oak), 90 minutes sports paper, National Sports Authority, Footballcrusader.com, sportscrusader.com, and ghanafootballnews.com, Samuel is one of the few energetic and self-motivated young journalist in Ghana with a large following on social media, especially Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/boakye.buckman.9). He is well known for his frequent updates from all over the country with pictures to match. He is also a correspondent for a few international websites, including CAF. In recent times, he has introduced, as part of his many talents, the live streaming of matches and football-related activities. He lives in Accra Ghana.