Ghana Premier League - Statistical Review Of Week 20

 

Week 20 of the domestic league left fans of Accra Hearts of Oak livid as their team failed to beat bottom-of-the-log B.A United away from home. Meanwhile Hasaacas continued their impressive home record as they applied the brakes on high-flying AshGold, elsewhere Kotoko needed a late penalty to secure all points at stake when they hosted Bechem United.

Let's look at some intriguing statistics from the league so far. 

 

STATISTICS

• 342 - Total number of goals scored in the league, so far.
• 143 - Players who have scored in the league.
• 2.14 - Average number of goals registered per game.
• 13 - Nathaniel Ohene Asamoah (Medeama SC) has scored more goals than any player.
• 1 - Amed Toure (Kotoko) has scored 10 goals.
• 3 - Players with 9 goals each : Nuhu Fuseini (New Edubiase), Stephen Baffour (Brekum Chelsea) and Kennedy Ashia (Liberty).
• 4 - Number of players with 8 goals : Gilbert Fiamenyo (Hearts), Noah Martey (Bechem United), Yakubu Mohammed (AshGold) and Kofi Owusu (Brekum Chelsea)
• 3 - Players with 7 goals each : Mo Sheriff Deo (Inter Allies), Mumuni Zakaria (WAFA) and Martin Antwi (WAFA)
• 2 - Players with 6 goals each : Richard Arhin  (Aduana) and Bernard Morrison (AshGold)
• 1 - Players with 5 goals : Stephen Nyarko (Wa All Stars)
• 8 - Players with 4 goals : Samuel Afful (Hasaacas), Osman Muntaka (Lions), Francis Kyeremeh (BA United), Doetse Agbashie (Olympics), Bernard Ofori (New Edubiase), Kwame Boateng (Olympics), Dauda Mohammed (Kotoko) and Frederick Quayson (Hasaacas)
• 18 - Players with 3 goals each.
• 34 - Number of players with 2 goals each
• 108 - Total number of home wins recorded in the league
• 16 - Total number of away wins recorded in the league
• 36 - Number of drawn games recorded this season with just 21 ending in a scoring draw
• 241 - Total number of goals scored by home teams
• 101 - Represents goals scored by visiting clubs
• 168 - Goals scored in the first half
• 174 - Goals scored in the second half
• 1-30 mins - 97 goals have been scored within this period
• 31-60 mins - 131 goals have been scored within this period
• 61-90 mins - 114 goals have been recorded in this period
• 39 - Number of penalties scored in this year's league out of a total of 49 
• AshGold have scored the highest number of penalties recorded by any club in the league (7/7); followed by B.A United (5/5)
• 0 - Heart of Lions are the only club not to have won a single penalty when playing at home this season
• Brekum Chelsea have the best attacking pair in the league. Stephen Baffour (9) and Kofi Owusu (8) have a combined total of 17 goals
• Yakubu Mohammed (AshGold) has scored more penalties than any player (4), followed by Kennedy Ashia (Liberty) with 3
• Amed Toure (Kotoko) is the 1st player to score in 3 successive game in both the 1st and 2nd rounds of the season
• 3 - Liberty Profs have scored fewer away goals than any side in the league
• 31 - Brekum Chelsea have not won an away game in 31 attempts (21 losses, 10 draws), thus 818 days (2 years, 87 days)
• 12 - Lions have the highest number of goalscorers in the league