{"id":44766,"date":"2025-11-03T00:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44766"},"modified":"2025-11-03T00:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:34:58","slug":"week-8-review-hubert-gyau-masterclass-powers-kotoko-hearts-of-lions-drop-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/week-8-review-hubert-gyau-masterclass-powers-kotoko-hearts-of-lions-drop-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8 Review : Hubert Gyau masterclass powers Kotoko, Hearts of Lions drop points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Hubert Gyau masterclass was all Kotoko needed to upstage Karela United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. The game ended 4-2 in favor of the Porcupines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hearts of Oak dug deep to beat Basake Holy Stars away from home to ready themselves for the cliffhanger against bitter rivals Kotoko come this weekend at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Aduana Stars continued to rack up the wins one after the other. Their latest is an important away win against Eleven Wonders, aiding them to four consecutive wins as well as a place at the apex of the league log with 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GPL WEEK 8<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kotoko 4-2 Karela United<\/p>\n<p><strong>[H. Gyau 2x, S. Kwadwo, P. A. Acquah \u2013 B. Ege, A. Yaya]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holy Stars 1-2 Hearts of Oak<\/p>\n<p><strong>[I.Yakubu \u2013 F.Duku, H.Issah] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bechem United 0-0 Nations FC<\/p>\n<p>Swedru All Blacks 1-1 Hearts of Lions<\/p>\n<p><strong>[R. Mensah \u2013 C. Freeman]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GoldStars 1-0 Young Apostles<\/p>\n<p><strong>[S.Eduku]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eleven Wonders 0-1 Aduana Stars<\/p>\n<p><b>[C. Gyamfi]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Berekum Chelsea 1-0 Vision FC<\/p>\n<p><strong>[S.Abubakar]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dreams FC 2-0 Samartex<\/p>\n<p><strong>[S.Suraj, J.Nemorden]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hohoe United 1-1 Medeama SC<\/p>\n<p><strong>[F. Odoom \u2013 A. Salam]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Hubert Gyau masterclass was all Kotoko needed to upstage Karela United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. The game ended 4-2 in favor of the Porcupines. &nbsp; Hearts of Oak dug deep to beat Basake Holy Stars away from home to ready themselves for the cliffhanger against bitter rivals Kotoko come this weekend at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,859],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-premier-league"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GoldStars-Aduana.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1366&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bE2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44787,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/match-report-kotoko-beat-hearts-of-oak-in-accra\/","url_meta":{"origin":44766,"position":0},"title":"Match Report : Kotoko beat Hearts of Oak in Accra","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"November 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Asante Kotoko earned the bragging rights over Hearts of Oak when the pair clashed at the Accra Sports Stadium.\u00a0 \u00a0 Morifing Donzo proved the difference between the two giants of Ghana football. 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