At the Accra Sports Stadium, Olympics were stunned 2-0 by now 14th-placed Legon Cities, who scored through Jonah Attuquaye and Nicholas Mensah. The Wonder Boys have 33 points to their name, one mark below new leaders Kotoko.
Karela, likewise, suffered a 2-0 away defeat to Inter Allies, who benefited from goals from Suleman Nafiu and Samuel Armah. The Anyinase-based side have fallen to third on the standings, while Allies, despite winning three points, still sit bottom of the log.
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Kotoko s new Portuguese coach Mariano Barreto was on the bench for the first time on Wednesday, having had to watch Saturday s 1-1 draw with Eleven Wonders from the stands due to delay in completion of his work permit.
The former Ghana coach made three changes to his side’s line-up, bringing back Samuel Frimpong and Habib while handing a first start to Kumi.
New Brazilian signing Vinicius also made the Porcupines bench for the first time.
Kumi could have put Kotoko in the lead just two minutes into the game but his header on Ibrahim Imoro s delivery went straight to Bechem goalkeeper Daniel Afadzwu.