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Head Coach of Asante Kotoko, Maxwell Konadu says playing league matches away from their original home venue has affected his team’s fortunes on the pitch.

Asante Kotoko’s favorite Baba Yara stadium in Kumasi is currently undergoing renovation works, meaning the team had to find a makeshift home venue for the 2020-21 football season.

As a result Kotoko settled on moving home games to Accra for the season where they will compete in the CAF Champions League alongside the domestic competitions.

The Porcupine Warriors opened heir season with a home league clash against Techiman Eleven Wonders which ended in a disappointing 1-1 draw.

After seeing his side fail to make it count at home against minnows Eleven Wonders, Maxwell Konadu diagnosed his team’s problems and highlighted playing away from home as a contributory factor.

“This playing from home started from last season and it hasn’t been helping us. Its always better to be in front of your home fans, playing in Kumasi means a lot to the team,” Konadu revealed during the post match interview.

On how his plans to come back from such a setback, Maxwell Konadu has revealed the hard work continues as he works around the team’s cohesion and other aspects of their game.

The former Black Stars gaffer sounded confident that they will come good in subsequent matches.

“This is the first league match, Yes we wanted to secure the three points but unfortunately it couldn’t happen. But we’ll still work hard. Its just the first match. The team is still gelling together and I believe that as time goes on, the team will become better than we did today,” Konadu concluded.

Asante Kotoko will next face Berekum Chelsea on the road.

By Nana Asare

It’s all here, down to the lane, the commencement of yet another season (2020/21) Inter Allies begin the campaign at home to Dreams FC.

The slate is now clean ahead of Inter Allies FC’s 2020/21 Ghana Premier League Season opener on Monday, we host Dreams FC at the Accra Sports Stadium.

It’s been certain that encounters between both sides have always been exchanging and very tough and our league opener promises to replicate the previous ones.

Technically, this will be the fifth time for Inter Allies to start the season at home as the club recorded a defeat and two wins and a draw in the previous four openings.

MATCH OFFICIALS:

Referee: Ben K. Sefah

Assistant 1: Isaac Odoom

Assistant 2: Frederick Danful

4th Referee: Kenny Padi

Match Commissioner: Mike Amedior

Venue Media Officer: Fred Gyan-Mante

MATCH DETAILS:

Competition: Ghana Premier League Week 1

Date: Monday, 16th November 2020

Time: 6:00pm

Venue: Accra Sports Stadium

Broadcast: The match will be televised Live on StarTimes

TEAM NEWS:

There’s been a few injury concerns with Mohammed Zakari ruled out. He will miss the first game after suffering a minor injury.

New signing Taufiq Shaibu from Mighty Jets is not ready for his debut, he’s also out to injury.

The rest of the squad look fit for the league’s opener against Dreams FC on Monday.

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

We have met twice in the country’s top-flight football, Inter Allies have the upper hand with a win and draw in the two game played.

2015/16 Season:

1. Inter Allies 2-2 Dreams FC – Tema
2. Dreams FC 0-1 Inter Allies – Dawu

2017/18 Season – Truncated:

Dreams FC 3-2 Inter Allies – Dawu

2020/21 Season:

1. Inter Allies ?-? Dreams FC – Accra 
2. Dreams FC ?-? Inter Allies – Dawu

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Below is AshantiGold’s registered players for the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season. 

Robert Dabuo
Kwadwo Amoako
Samed Ibrahim
Stephen Owusu Banahene
Richard Osei Agyemang
Razak Simpson
Ampem Dacosta
Stephen Bentil
Mathew Agama
Jacob Asiedu Apau
Abdul Bashiru
Amos Addai
Evans Obeng
Michael Enu
Frank Akoto

Felix Clottey
Appiah Maccarthy
David Abagna
Isaac Opoku Agyeman
Dacosta Boadu
Roland Amouzou
Mohammed Bailou
Hans Kwofie
Amos Kofi Nkrumah
Eric Esso
Emmanuel Owusu
Atta Kusi
Mark Agyekum
Kwame Moses
Yaw Annor

The Ghanaian top-flight commenced over the weekend with some intriguing fixtures across the various venues.

We bring you the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League Match-day 1 results, summaries, Man-of-the-Match award winners and goalscorers in all the matches played from Saturday.

SATURDAY

Legon Cities 1-1 Brekum Chelsea

Jonah Attoquaye; Stephen Amankona

NASCO Man of the Match : Elvis Opoku- Legon Cities

SUNDAY

WAFA 4-3 King Faisal

Konadu Yiadom Kwame Peprah(2) Godwin Agbevor Yakubu Wadudu Daniel Lommotey (2)

NASCO Man of the Match– Amankwah Forson – WAFA

Ashgold 2-2 Karela United

Appiah Mccarthy, Diawiase Taylor; Hans Kwoffie Samuel Ofori

NASCO Man of the Match – Bashiru Umar – Karela United

Medeama 1-1 Great Olympics

Ali Quattara; Micheal Yeboah

NASCO Man of the Match – Ebenezer Ackahbi – Medeama SC

Ebusua Dwarfs 2-2 Elmina Sharks

Dennis Korsah, Richard Mpong; Razak Issa Ishmael Harmon

NASCO Man of the Match– George Asamoah – Ebusua Dwarfs

Asante Kotoko 1-1 Eleven Wonders

Kwame Opoku; Prince Okraku

NASCO Man of the Match – Salifu Ibrahim (Eleven Wonders)

MONDAY

Inter Allies 0-0 Dreams FC

NASCO Man of the Match – Abdul Jalilu (Dreams FC)

Liberty Professionals 1-1 Bechem United

George William Ansong|| Steven Owusu

NASCO Man of the Match – George William Ansong (Liberty Professionals)

Aduana Vs Accra Hearts of Oak – Postponed

The Yellow and Mauve were handed a reality check as they failed to pick three points against their visitors

Medeama failed to record 100 per cent on opening day of 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season as they shared the spoils 1-1 with Great Olympics at the AKoon’s Park on Sunday.

After a wonderful run in the pre-season, Medeama showed early signs of greatness as they troubled Olympics’ goal area.

Ali Ouattarra Issouf finally broke the deadlock after half an hour in the game when he latched onto a wonderful pass from a teammate and sent his effort past the Olympics goalkeeper.

Medeama could’ve doubled their advantage after the break but their strikers fluffed several half chances they had to the disappointment of head coach Samuel Boadu.

With quarter and hour to end the game, Olympics handed their hosts the shock of their lives as substitute Michael Yeboah connected a beautiful assist to score the equaliser.

With Olympics content with the one point, they resorted to a defensive game plan to protect it as they frustrated Medeama further more with time wasting tactics.

Olympics will now head to Accra to play Legon Cities at the Accra Sports Stadium next week.

READ MORE: 2020-21 GPL: Kotoko held by Eleven Wonders in league opener

In Other results:

Asante Kotoko 1-1 Eleven Wonders

(Kwame Poku; Prince Okraku)

WAFA 4 (Daniel Lomotey 2X, Konadu Yiadom, Godwin Agbevor) – King Faisal 3 (Kwame Pepprah 2X, Wadudu Yakubu)

AshantiGold SC 2 (Appiah McCarthy, Hans Kwofie)  – Karela United 2 (Diawusie Taylor, Samuel Ofori)

Medeama SC 1 (Ali Ouattara) – Great Olympics 1 (Michael Yeboah)

Ebusua Dwarfs 2 (Dennis Korsah, Issah Razak) – Elmina Sharks 2 (Richard Mpong, Ishmael Hammond)

Meanwhile two games will be played on Monday, November 16, in Accra. Liberty Professionals will host Bechem United at the Ibrahim Sly Tetteh park in Dansoman at 3pm. The other game is between Inter Allies and Dreams FC at the Accra Sports stadium at 6pm.

By Evans Gyamera Antwi

Asante Kotoko produced a beige performance and were held to a 1-1 draw by Eleven Wonders at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday in their 2020/21Ghana Premier League opener.

The Porcupine Warriors were huge favorites going into the match after some exciting signings in the offseason but the Techiman-based side made them look ordinary.

Maxwell Konadu’s side could not weave pretty pattern and recklessness by the defenders was shocking and extreme.

Had Eleven Wonders been clinical in the first half, they would have scored a couple of goals because of their tenacity and flamboyance but they were naive. Just like a carpenter without nails.

They fired the warning shot in the opening minutes but goalkeeper Felix Annan was quick off his line with an intervention.

The visitors kept on pressuring the Porcupine Warriors and muffed up inside the box as they could not fire at goal but eventually Annan made a second time save on his line.

Eleven Wonders were denied a goal on 23 minutes when Yusif Mubarik blocked Netteh Nortey goal bound shot from 12 yards.

Kotoko looked nondescript and could barely outwit the Techiman-based side who looked tactically disciplined.

Just before the half time whistle, Evans Adomako was played on inside the box and after dribbling past his marker, he delivered a feeble shot which flew across the face of goal.

In the 54th minute, striker Kwame Poku capitalized on a defensive mix up to thread in a low grounder for the opener. It was against the run of play.

Kotoko captain Felix Annan drew some applause with a superb save after a cross from Wonders’ right wing took a deflection.

Ignatius Osei Fosu shuffled his cards and introduced fresh limbs. One of them Prince Okraku had time and space inside the box to rifle home the equalizer in the 76th minute.

Annan had his view blocked and the striker fired into the bottom corner of the pitch.

Kotoko lacked ideas and could not mount attempts at finding the match winner and Wonders will celebrate the point earned like a win.

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It was a a day of goals in Sogakope as WAFA defeated King Faisal FC 4-3 on opening day of Ghana Premier League.

Konadu Yiadom scored the first goal for WAFA before Kwame Peprah leveled few minutes later.

However, Godwin Agbevor and Daniel Lomotey score two quick goals after the break to make it 3-1 as Faisal were wobbling at the back. Lomotey added another goal two minutes later to condemn Faisal further.

After Faisal struggling for sometime, Yakubu Mohammed capitalised on a mistake by the WAFA defence to draw one back on 78th minute.

Kwame Peprah added another three minutes later to make it 4-3 and pile pressure on WAFA

By Evans Gyamera Antwi