Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Football is a highly energetic sport that requires lots of physical, emotional, mental input from a player to execute the coach’s ideas on the field in order to achieve its season’s targets and objectives. For footballers of Muslim faith, the holy month of Ramadan is a sacred period where one devotes a month not to eat or drink between sunrise and sunset. During this period, lots of players (Muslims) are either given fewer match games to reduce the workload that the strain of playing football brings about or are placed on specialized regiments to help bring out their very best…

GPL Roundup: Medeama, King Faisal clock vital wins as Karela draw Hearts Medeama SC will be partying hard into the weekend far away in Tarkwa as they made light work of Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Obuasi Ley Clay Sports Stadium likewise King Faisal, who produced a gallant display to earn a massive victory over fellow strugglers, Inter Allies.  Hearts of Oak will be the happiest of the two, Karela United, picking a vital point at Crosby Awuah Memorial Park, Anyinase. GHPL WEEK 21 Results Kotoko 1-2 Medeama [E. Gyamfi – P. O. Agyemang, R. Boadu]  Liberty 2-0 B.…

GPL Match Preview and Prediction: Karela United vs Hearts of Oak Almost all Ghana Premier League clubs bar Kumasi Asante Kotoko have fallen face flat at the Cross Awuah Memorial Park in the ongoing Ghana Premier League 2020-21 season. The home “faithfuls” have been hugely dominant at home making it a fearsome ground for any club to visit in the league. This weekend, they have a resurgent Hearts of Oak side, who are grinding results the hard way in the league under the tutelage of Samuel Boadu tasked with the mandate of helping the club end it's over a decade…

Highlights: Medeama gun down Kotoko at Obuasi Medeama SC famously beat Kumasi Asante Kotoko in week twenty-one of the ongoing Ghana Premier League 2020-21 season at the Obuasi Ley Clay Sports Stadium to make a huge statement of their intention to win the league for the first time in its history. Kotoko shot ahead in the game through, Emmanuel Gyamfi after both sides had created numerous chances but failed to effectively bury it past the goalkeepers. https://youtu.be/uR3qpxLS7Tg Medeama SC responded after a series of attacks through prolific goalscorer, Prince Opoku Agyemang, as if that was not enough, they added a…

GPL Match Preview and Prediction: Kotoko vs Medeama It is the top-of-the-table clash between Asante Kotoko and Medeama SC at the Obuasi Ley Clay Sports Stadium. The duo clubs have their eye set on the most coveted prize: the Ghana Premier League 2020-21 season league. The record holders of the league are coming into this fixture, on the back of drawing goalless with Great Olympics in Accra, and have enjoyed an upturn in form notching 11 from 15 points since the appointment of Mariano Barreto. This week Life Patron of the club, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, released a significant amount…

GPL Match Preview and Prediction: Aduana Stars vs Elmina Sharks On the back of suffering heavy drubbing at the hands of Bechem United a fortnight ago, Aduana Stars will be reeling over that heavy loss but a home fixture against Elmina Sharks should present them with a fine opportunity to soften their loss. The two-time champions of the Ghana Premier League haven’t enjoyed the best of campaigns this season, as they currently occupy the tenth spot on the long, having accrued twenty-seven (27) points in the league. Yahaya Mohammed (7), Benjamin Tweneboah (6) Bright Adjei (4) have combined efforts to…

We will fight to stay afloat – Evans Owusu Liberty Professionals was the only away side that defied odds to post a narrow victory over Eleven Wonders at the Obuasi Ley Clay Stadium, their second win of the second round thus far in the league. The recent appointment of Silas Tetteh seems to have breathed a new lease of life into the Dansoman based club, and it’s no doubt that, the lads have quickly adapted to the experienced trainer’s tactics. This newfound form has definitely sunk into the boys and according to Evans Owusu, who recently switched camps from Kotoko…

GPL WK 20 Roundup: Hearts, Dreams win, Kotoko held This weekend’s pile of matches witnessed shocking results across some of the match venues in the country. Some of the teams did themselves proud as others will stare hard in the mirror at what hit them over the weekend. Interestingly, Liberty Professionals was the only away side that defied odds to post a narrow victory over Eleven Wonders at the Obuasi Ley Clay Stadium, their second win of the second round in the league. Bechem United made a mockery of their regional rivals, Aduana Stars when they dispatched them with ease…

Lawrence Agyekum shines in WAFA’s loss to Elmina Sharks WAFA SC midfielder, Lawrence Agyekum picked up the Man of the Match award in his side’s narrow loss to Elmina Sharks at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in matchday 20 fixture of the ongoing Ghana Premier League 2020-21 season. The young midfielder, who has become a mainstay in, Coach Narteh’s side since returning from injury put in a masterclass act in the heart of midfield which wooed match officials to hand him the MOTM award after that stupendous performance. Meanwhile, WAFA’s Lawrence Agyekum opined in an interview with Saharafootball.net after picking…

GPL Match Preview and Prediction: Medeama vs Legon Cities Tarkwa based Medeama SC is one of few teams to win seven consecutive matches at home. They have racked an impressive twenty-one (21) points at home in the ongoing Ghana Premier League. They come up against Legon Cities at the Akoon Park, who defied all odds to hand; Great Olympics their first loss of the second round seeing them cede the position to Kotoko their opponents for this weekend. The Mauve and Yellow side are slowly picking up the pace, they have three points from a possible six in two matches…