RTU LOST AT HOME

By Ebenezer Zor

Real Tamale United hope of winning their first home match this season was thwarted after losing 2 – 0 to league leaders Medeama SC at the Tamale Stadium on Sunday.

The game was an end to end action for both teams. Daniel Larbi Koomson could have drawn the first blood for the visitors but was denied by the crossbar in the ninth minute.

RTU created a lot of chances but luck was not on their side to convert them into their opponent net.

Goalkeeper Joseph Ham for Medeame was unconscious after engaging in a very crucial challenge against his own player and that of RTU player in the penalty box in the 36^th minute of the first half.

Two goals from Kabiru Moro and Mas ud  Suleman both in each half were enough for Bashir Hayford side Medeama to still maintain the top spot with 13 points.

Mossart Adjetey, Cephas Awornu and Bismark Asiedu came in as substitutes for Joseph Ham, Eric Nyarko and Kabiru Moro all Medeama.

RTU Aminu Mohammed, Abdulai Karim made way for Richard Adjetey and Ibrahim Sanni respectively.

SCORE AT GLANCE

Venue                 Home                  Away

Len Clay           Dwarfs       0 - 0   Edubiase
Wa -              All Stars        1 - 1   Tema Youth
Golden City  Chelsea           2 – 0   Hearts of Oak
Tamale     R. T. U.               0 – 2   Medeama
Baba Yara Asante Kotoko  2 - 0   Arsenals
Carl Reindorf  Liberty         2 - 0   Aduana
Tema                Amidaus    2 - 2    Lions
Len Clay  Ashantigold        1 - 0    King Faisal

GLO Premier League: Top Scorers

	Player(s)	Scores
	ASHIA Kennedy - Liberty Professionals MOHAMMED Yakubu - AshantiGold MOHAMMED Yahaya - Amidaus	4
	OTOO Mahatma - Hearts of Oak YUSIF Aziz Abdul - RTU LATIF Salifu - Berekum Chelsea	3
	LUKMAN Bright - Dwarfs NURU Suley - Hearts of Oak BONSU Osei - Hearts of Oak NTI BOAKYE Kofi - Asante Kotoko AGYEMANG Louis - AshantiGold OFORI Bernard - New Edubiase IMORO Kabiru - Medeama	2

GLO Premier League: Standings
Head-to-head Rule Applies

	Pos			P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
	1		Medeama SC	5	4	1	0	6	1	5	13
	2		Berekum Chelsea	5	3	1	1	6	1	5	10
	3		AshGold	5	2	3	0	8	5	3	9
	4		Tema Youth	5	2	2	1	5	3	2	8
	5		Kotoko	5	1	4	0	5	3	2	7
	6		Faisal	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7
	7		Aduana Stars	5	1	3	1	3	4	-1	6
	8		Wa All Stars	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
	9		Liberty	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6
	10		Heart of Lions	5	1	3	1	6	7	-1	6
	11		Amidaus Profs.	5	1	2	2	5	6	-1	5
	12		Dwarfs	5	1	2	2	4	5	-1	5
	13		Hearts of Oak	5	1	1	3	8	10	-2	4
	14		Edubiase FC	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5	4
	15		RTU	5	0	3	2	4	7	-3	3
	16		Arsenals	5	0	3	2	2	6	-4	3

FINAL DRAW FOR 2013 AFCON IN SOUTH AFRICA

The final draw for the 29th edition of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament was held in Durban in South Africa last Wednesday. The tournaments begins from the 19th of January to the 10th of February next year in Johannesburg, South Africa. These are the countries that constitute the four groups.

GROUP A

South Africa     

Angola

Morocco

Capeverde

The opening match between South Africa and Angola will take place at the soccer city stadium in Johannesburg whiles the other group matches at Mabliida stadium in Durban.

GROUP B

Ghana

Mali

Niger

Congo

All matches will be played at the Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth.Ghana plays Congo DR on 20th January, Mali on 24th and Niger on the 28th January next year.

GROUP C

Zambia

Nigeria

Burkina Faso

Ethiopia

All matches will be played at the Mbinbela Stadium in Nelspruit.

GROUP D

Cote d'lvoire

Tunisia

Algeria

Togo

Royal Befoleng stadium in Rustenberg will host all the matches in this group.

RTU HOST LEAGUE LEADERS

By Ebenezezr Zor

Real Tamale United will be seeking to secure their first win in this season as they welcome league leaders Medeama SC this weekend  for the week five of 2012/2013 Glo Premier  League.  RTU picked a point in the last match against Arsenals at Berekum whiles Medeama pipped Chelsea by a goal to nil.

At the Len Clay Stadium on Saturday, Abontoa Abontoa boys , Dwarfs will play as host to New Edubiase. Both teams lost their last matches against Tema Youth and King Faisal respectively. For that matter these two teams would like to make a difference.

Tema Youth will travel to play as visitors to Wa All Stars in Wa. Both teams won their last matches. Tema Youth defeated Dwarfs by 2 – 0 whiles Wa All Stars recorded a 2 – 1 victory over Phobia Accra Hearts of Oak in Accra.

Berekum Chelsea  will engage in a very dicey duel as they invite Accra Hearts of Oak at the Golden City Park in match–day-five of the 2012/2013 Glo Premier League. Chelsea lost 0 -1 to Medeama likewise Accra Hearts of Oak did lost 1-2 to Wa All Stars in their last respective matches.

Kumasi Asante Kotoko undeaten in this round is yet to win a match either as they welcome Berekum Arsenals at the Baba Yara Stadum. Both teams will be seeking to make an amends as they drew goalless in their last respective games.

At the Dansoman Carl Reindorf  Park, Scientific soccer lads Liberty Professionals will square off against Aduana Stars whereas Amidaus Professionals will welcome Kpando Hearts of Lions at  the Tema artificial park.

Finally at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium , Ash gold will engage evergreen King Faisal.

GLO Premier League: Standings
Head-to-head Rule Applies

	Pos			P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
	1		Medeama SC	4	3	1	0	4	1	3	10
	2		Berekum Chelsea	4	2	1	1	4	1	3	7
	3		Tema Youth	4	2	1	1	4	2	2	7
	4		Faisal	4	2	1	1	5	4	1	7
	5		AshGold	4	1	3	0	7	5	2	6
	6		Aduana Stars	4	1	3	0	3	2	1	6
	7		Wa All Stars	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
	8		Dwarfs	5	1	2	2	4	5	-1	5
	9		Heart of Lions	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5
	10		Hearts of Oak	4	1	1	2	8	8	0	4
	11		Kotoko	4	0	4	0	3	3	0	4
	12		Amidaus Profs.	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1	4
	13		Edubiase FC	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5	4
	14		RTU	4	0	3	1	4	5	-1	3
	15		Arsenals	4	0	3	1	2	4	-2	3
	16		Liberty	4	0	3	1	2	4	-2	3

GLO Premier League: Top Scorers

	Player(s)	Scores
	OTOO Mahatma - Hearts of Oak MOHAMMED Yakubu - AshantiGold YUSIF Aziz Abdul - RTU	3
	LUKMAN Bright - Dwarfs NURU Suley - Hearts of Oak BONSU Osei - Hearts of Oak LATIF Salifu - Berekum Chelsea NTI BOAKYE Kofi - Asante Kotoko ASHIA Kennedy - Liberty Professionals MOHAMMED Yahaya - Amidaus AGYEMANG Louis - AshantiGold OFORI Bernard - New Edubiase	2