GHANAsoccernet.com brings to you live updates in the game between Asante Kotoko versus Elmina Sharks at the Accra Sports Stadium in match day 14 fixture of the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League
Match Preview
A highly-competitive game is expected at the Accra Sports Stadium when Asante Kotoko host Elmina Sharks in a Ghana Premier League matchday 14 clash on Thursday night.
Both teams are in great form coming into the match. Asante Kotoko have won two straight wins after going three matches without a win.
The Porcupine Warriors secured a 3-1 victory at the expense of Bechem United in Accra before an early strike by William Opoku Mensah earned them a 1-0 away win against Karela United.
They will be hoping for a third successive victory which could help overtake leaders Medeama.
For Elmina Sharks, they have become title contenders after going five games without a defeat including a 1-1 draw in their last visit to Accra when they faced Hearts of Oak.
Only three points separate the two teams. Second-placed Kotoko have 24 points while Sharks are 6th with 21 points.
Despite their impressive form, It's Kotoko, who will feel more confident with one of their best players Sogne Yacouba back in the squad.
The striker played for the first time in over a month in the 1-0 win against Karela. He had been sidelined due to contractual issues but reports suggest he and the club have reached a deal.
Kotoko have won two and lost one of the last three meetings.
Starting line ups
Asante Kotoko
Kwame Baah (GK), Christopher Nettey, Ibrahim Moro, Agyeman Badu, Habib Mohammed, Justice Blay, Emmanuel Gyamfi, Adom Frimpong,William Opoku Mensah
https://twitter.com/AsanteKotoko_SC/status/1238156038681104384?s=20
Elmina Sharks
Lord Bawa Martey (GK), Arthur Benjamin, Edmund Asiedu, Ishmael Hammond, Isaaka Mohammed, Dennis Mensah, Augustine Owusu, Obeng Daniel Crentsil, Richard Mpong, Tweneboah Benjamin, Alhaji Mustapha
https://twitter.com/ElminaSharks/status/1238161728308944899?s=20
Game Underway
02’ Augustine Okrah is down on the pitch with an injury. Game on hold as officials attend to him
05’ Both teams are playing with a lot of caution in the opening minutes
It’s Asante Kotoko 0-0 Elmina Sharks
10’ Chance: Augustine Okrah fails to direct the ball into the net with his head from a cross. Sharks left off the hook
14’ Opoku Mensah tries to beat the Karela goal keeper from 25 yards but his effort goes wide for a goal kick
15’ Owusu heads the ball straight into the hands of Kotoko goalkeeper Kwame Baah wat a miss
20’ It’s Kotoko 0-0 Sharks
25’ Martin Atwi surges forward for Asante Kotoko but he has been impeded. Referee whistles for a foul
29’ Tweneboah’s strike goes over the bar for a goal kick to Asante Kotoko
31’ Augustine Okrah’s effort hits the side post, game still goalless at the moment
35’ Christopher Nettey has been taken off due to injury and replace by Augustine Sefah
38’ Elmina Sharks introduces Benjamin Boateng who replaces the injured Alhaji Mustapha
40’ It’s Asante Kotoko 0-0 Elmina Sharks
41’ Beautiful one two play between the Elmina Sharks players but Mpong strike goes wayward for a goal kick
45’ We doing one minute of stoppage time
Benjamin Tweneboah sends in a cross which has been saved by the goal keeper
Referee whistles to end the first half
It’s Kotoko 0-0 Sharks
Second half underway
45’ What a miss by Kotoko’s Martin Antwi as he fails to head in a cross into the net
48’ Adom Frimpong makes a run into the box and goes down, calls for a penalty but referee ignores the calls
50’ It’s Asante Kotoko 0-0 Elmina Sharks
55’ What a miss by Tweneboah Owusu. He fails to tap in the ball into the box from a cross to deny Sharks the first goal
59’ What a brilliant strike from Songne Yacouba but the goalkeeper parries the ball over the bar for a goal kick
61’ Chance: Cross sent in but William Opoku Mensah header has been saved by the Elmina Sharks goalkeeper
65’ It’s Kotoko 0-0 Sharks
69’ Calls for a penalty as Mensah goes down in the Kotoko goal area but referee ignores and waves on
76’ Kwame Baah with a timely intervention as he comes off his line to save a one-on-one situation to deny Sharks from scoring
85' It's Kotoko 0-0 Sharks
90' We are doing four minutes of additional time
Referee blows his whistle to end the game here at the Accra Sports Stadium
It's Kotoko 0-0 Sharks