At all nine of the premier league venues across the nation, betPawa Premier League Match Week 12 of the current campaign has successfully concluded.
At the conclusion of match week 12, the appealing team of editors at www.atspo.com summarized the statistics, which confirmed that sixteen goals were scored while two venues—the Baba Yara Sports Stadium and the Accra Sports Stadium—remained devoid of any goals.
The teams that won their home games at the end of match week 12 were Aduana Stars, Real Tamale United (RTU), Berekum Chelsea, Medeama, and FC Samartex. Kumasi Asante Kotoko, the defending league champion of the betPawa Premier League, was the only club that ended in a score draw at an away venue.
Additionally, Real Tamale United (RTU) was the only team among the five teams that won their home games to finish the game without preserving a clean sheet; the other four teams all managed to finish the game without conceding a goal.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, five league games were played. Maxwell Konadu’s Legon Cities needed a victory after losing to Accra Lions, but Dreams FC remained steadfast at Accra Sports Stadium and came home with a point, leveling the league standings for both teams.
At Berekum Golden City Park, head coach Christopher Ennin needed a win against Karela United after three games without a win. Afriyie Mezack increased his goal tally at the top goal scorer chats of the season to six goals when he netted the only goal last Wednesday against struggling Karela United.
David Duncan needed to instil hope in the season after Medeama was humiliated 4-0 at the Theater of Dreams in their previous match, and goals in the 40th and 56th minutes by Kwasi Donsu and Jonathan Mensah forced the Ackoon Park side to settle for two goals against Nsoatreman.
FC Samartex, without their head coach Annor Walker, won their first home game of the year; they drew with Dreams FC at the Nsenkyire Sports Arena in Samreboi in their last home game of the year; and they defeated Bechem United through Seidu Abubakar, who got his third goal of the season.
Seidu Zerbo’s side had a better result on their last visit to the Aliu Mahama Stadium in Tamale. After being defeated by RTU the previous time, Asante Kotoko drew 1-1 with relegated Tamale City, with both goals scored by home players; an own goal by Issah Nyaabila in the 84th minute and Ibrahim Babamu restored parity for the home side.
Four league matches were completed at league centres on January 12, 2023, with Real Tamale United (RTU) thrashing Accra Lions by a score of 3-1 to record the highest goal margin. Issah Kuka, a loanee to RTU from Hearts of Oak, got his fifth goal in the 21st minute, and Mohammed Hardi Abdulai and Mohammed Sadat scored in the 45th and 57th minutes for Samari Salifu to get a consolation for the away team.
Michael Osei proved why he is the best coach elected in the betPawa Premier League for December 2022 after being on the losing side in his last eight league games, with his last defeat coming against Accra Hearts of Oak on the 29th of October, 2022. Richmond Manu and Ebenezer Aboagye gave the away side the lead in the 26th and 58th minutes, but Emmanuel Antwi and Aryeetey Ayikwei cancelled the deficit in the 85th and 87th minutes of the game at Accra Sports Stadium.
Jimmy Cobblah and his side have not been defeated in the year 2023, having played three games and finished with a win, two draws, and a recent draw against Accra Hearts of Oak at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium last Thursday night, even though no goals were scored by both teams. King Faisal’s Baba Yaya was elected the Most Valuable Player last night.
As contenders for the betPawa Premier League title, Aduana Stars increased their lead at the top of the table by four points above Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko when speedster Emmanuel Gyamfi scored his first goal of the 2022-2023 season and his eighth goal since joining the Ogya lads together with resilient defender Stephen Anokye Badu, famously known as Atroneey in the Brong Ahafo Region. Aduana Stars returned to winning ways at the Nana Agyemang Badu II Sports Stadium in Dormaa.
