Kumasi Asante Kotoko returned to winning ways in the Ghana Premier League on Sunday with a 1-0 away victory over Dreams FC in Dawu.
The Porcupine Warriors had gone winless for two matches after beating Hearts of Oak 2-1 in Accra on January 26
Abdul Bashiru’s own goal earned all three points for the Porcupine Warriors, the hosts having been reduced to ten men after Dantani Amadu received a second yellow card on 36 minutes.
Kotoko have moved joint-top of the league table with four other teams, each with 17 points, while Dreams occupy the eighth position.
In Dormaa at the Nana Agyemang Badu Park, Aduana Stars failed to continue their impressive home run against 19-time champions, Hearts of Oak, as they settled for a 0-0 draw.
Hearts are ninth on the log.
At the Ndoum Sports Complex at Elmina, Berekum Chelsea were hammered 3:1 by Elmina Sharks.
The Blues scored courtesy Kofi Owusu but a Benjamin Boateng hat-trick sealed the win for the hosts, forcing Chelsea to share the top spot with four others.
Appiah McCarthy’s strike in first-half injury time was enough for Ashanti Gold as they pipped Liberty Professionals by a lone goal.
Opoku Agyemang scored an equaliser seven minutes from full-time to snatch a 1-1 draw for Medeama against Karela United at Akoon Park in Tarkwa. Diawisie Taylor registered the opener for Karela on the half-hour mark.
At the Nana Fosu Gyeabour Park, hosts Bechem United and Ebusua Dwarfs played out a 0-0 draw. The two sides are seventh and second-from-bottom on the table, respectively.
Accra Great Olympics were stunned by Eleven Wonders by 2:1 at the Accra Sports Stadium. Sule Musa and Ibrahim Salifu cored for Karela United but Gladson Awako scored the consolation for the ‘Dade Boys’.
Earlier on Saturday, King Faisal and Wafa settled for a 1-1 stalemate. The score was the same in the fixture between Inter Allies and Legon Cities.
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