2020/21 GPL: Match Report: AshantiGold hammer Liberty Professionals 5-1 at Sogakope

Ashanti Gold SC rallied from a goal down to obliterate Liberty Professionals 5-1 in the Ghana Premier League Thursday afternoon.

The Miners today played as a guest to the Scientific Soccer Lads at the Sogakope Red Bull Arena in a match-day 30 battle.

On the back of a slow start to the game from the visitors, Liberty Professionals opened the scoring through Simon Appiah after 18 minutes of play

Appiah struck a low freekick which beat the Ashgold goalie.

AshantiGold regrouped and on the 31st minute came close with an opportunity to equalize but goalkeeper Amissah pulled off a great save to deny them.

Four minutes later, the Miners equalised through Amos Nkrumah after a long spell of pressure.

The visitors took the lead in the 37th minute through impressive midfielder David Absgna.

Amos Addai grabbed the third goal for the Miners before the referee whistled for the end of the half.

Liberty went into the break trailing 1-3.
After recess, AshantiGoldd completely turned in their favour as they mounted pressure on the home side who failed to find an antidote to the play of the Miners.

The visitors netted two additional goals from Seth Osei and defender Frank Akoto to seal a big 5-1 win on the road against struggling Liberty Professionals.

The results leaves Liberty Professionals second from the bottom, just six points ahead of Inter Allies who lost 1-0 to Ebusua Dwarfs this afternoon.