Asante Kotoko completed the year with a sweet home victory against Bibiani Goldstars in the Ghana Premier League Match Day 15 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium under the lights on Friday night.
An eye-pleasing display from the Porcupines subjugated travelers Bibiani Goldstars who were very much jittery and unorganized in early portions of the game.
Captain Justice Blay puts Kotoko ahead in the 20th minute through the spot after a goal bound header from Samba O’Neil was blocked by Goldstars defender’s hand right in the box.
The visitors struggled to settle, thanks to Kotoko’s press and resulted in Bright Yeboah Kyere booked for a second yellow card and was shown to take early shower minutes later in the first half.
New signing Kwame Poku who is rejoining for a second spell finally announced his presence with a sublime finish in the 73rd minutes after missing a couple of goal scoring chances earlier to put the game to bed.
Coach Ogum’s side boast of three wins and two draws against tonight’s in six games since 2021 including an empathetic 5-0 victory on March 13,2022.
Tonight’s win means Asante Kotoko have now gone four straight games winning all of them including a 1-0 against eternal rivals Accra Hearts of Oak last month—the same number they lost until this winning breeze.
The decision to detach coach Prosper Narteh Ogum from Kotoko’s IMC after a string of poor results weeks ago should not be trivialized as it has helped him focused on his charges to revitalize the team.
Kotoko, with 27 points, have moved up to the second spot on the table momentarily until all other games are cleared on Sunday.
They will open 2025 with an away trip to Tarkwa to face Medeama SC on match day 16.
