GPL Week 9: Hearts win in Obuasi, Kotoko fall in Kumasi

Hearts of Oak capped a 2-1 away win at AshantiGold to bring some happiness to their fold after a stressful week.

The Phobians were involved in some off-the-field drama as their head coach Kenichi Yatsuhashi walked out of a management meeting on Thursday.

The incident led to several rumours stating that Yatsuhashi’s departure from the team was imminent but the management kept him in charge and he duly guided the team to their second away win of the season.

Forward Cosmos Dauda grabbed two goals in the second half with Nafiu Awudu scoring what became the consolation for the home team.

The result moved Hearts up to 18 points while AshGold are 10^th on 10 points.

League leaders Wa All Stars got a 2-0 home win over Inter Allies at the Wa Park.

Emmanuel Ocran and Richard Arthur got the goals for All Stars to keep them at the top of the table with 20 points.

Inter Allies are 14^th with 8 points.

Saddick Adams got two goals as Berekum Chelsea beat Dreams FC 3-0 at the Golden City Park. The other goal was scored by Seth Appiah and the home team now has 16 points and is 4^th on the table.

Dreams are now 7^th on the log with 14 points.

WAFA beat Ebusua Dwarfs 2-0 at the Red Bull Arena in Sogakope.

Charles Boateng and Tanko Ibrahim were on target for WAFA who move up to 5^th on 14 points. Dwarfs are 15^th with 9 points.

A brace from Yahaya Mohammed and a strike from Elvis Opoku helped Aduana Stars beat Medeama 3-0 at the Dormaa Park.

Mohammed completed a goal haul of five in three days after scoring a hat-trick against Hasaacas on Wednesday.

Aduana are now 8^th with 13 points and Medeama lie 16^th with 7 points.

Hasaacas were beaten 1-0 at home by Liberty Professionals. Bernard Arthur’s second half strike gave the visitors the win as they climb to 3^rd on the log with 16 points. Hasaacas are 12^th with 10 points.

In other results, Techiman City beat Bechem United 2-0. Techiman City have 14 points and are in 6^th place while Bechem are 11^th on 10 points.

On Saturday, Asante Kotoko were beaten 1-0 at home by New Edubiase. Prince Antwi’s goal in the 21^st minute gave the away team the win and they go to 13^th on the log with 9 points while Kotoko are 8^th on 11 points.

Ghana Premier League Week 9 results:

Techiman City 2-0 Bechem United

Berekum Chelsea 3-0 Dreams FC

Sekondi Hasaacas 0-1 Liberty Professionals

WAFA 2-0 Ebusua Dwarfs

Aduana Stars 3-0 Medeama SC

Wa All Stars 2-0 Inter Allies

AshGold 1-2 Hearts of Oak

Kotoko 0-1 New Edubiase

By: Nathan Quao/citifmonline.com/Ghana