After waiting for a year and 8 months since the Ghana Premier League went into hibernation following the Anas Exposé, Ghanaians were served the best of football meals as the 2019/20 league commenced.

With nine matches being played for the first time in the history of the Ghana Premier League in an 18-club league, football lovers had a taste of all that the game offers.

While fans of Accra Hearts of Oak moan over their loss to Berekum Chelsea at home, Asabte Kotoko fans jumped in the air in wild jubilation over their hard-fought 1-0 win over Eleven Wonders at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

For fans of Dreams FC and Aduana Stars, there isn’t any better way to start a season after recording 4-1 and 4-0 victories over King Faisal and Inter Allies respectively.

Generally, a total number of 26 goals were scored on match day one with 8 of the halos coming from visiting teams.

FootballMadeInGhana.com brings you the general statistics of the league after day one games:

Stats after Day 1

✓ Justice Blay scaored the first goal of the 2019/20 season, and also the fastest

✓ Asante Kotoko became the first club to score the first goal of the season

✓ Aduana Stars became the first side to score a brace in the first half followed by AshGold

✓ Yahaya Mohammed became the first player to score the first brace of the season in Aduana Stars’ win over Inter Allies

✓ Emmanuel Ocran became the second player after Yahaya Mohammed to grab the second brace of the season

✓ Yahaya Mohammed registered the first hat trick of the season powering Aduana Stars to a 3-0 win over Inter Allies.

✓ King Faisal became the first/only club to score an away goal and still lost

✓ A total of 26 goals were scored

✓ A total of 8 away goals were scored with the remaining 18 being home goals

✓ 3 away wins, 5 home wins and 1 draw were recorded in the first week

✓ Only one draw was recorded in Match Day 1 as Liberty drew 2-2 at the Carl Reindorf Park