{"id":236003,"date":"2024-10-21T03:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T03:01:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:01:05","slug":"week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/999\/99913567.295.jpg\" alt=\"The victory marked Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive win at Len Clay\" title=\"The victory marked Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive win at Len Clay\" width=\"295\" height=\"203\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The victory marked Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive win at Len Clay<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Forward Albert Amoah\u2019s first-half goal secured a crucial victory for Asante Kotoko against reigning champions Samartex at the Len Clay Stadium in Obuasi.<\/p>\n<p>The 1-0 win propelled Kotoko back into second place on the league table, with a game in hand, as they continue to enjoy a solid run at their temporary home.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko dominated the match, controlling the majority of possession and outplaying a struggling Samartex side. Despite the champions managing four attempts at goal, they failed to register a single shot on target.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Kotoko&#8217;s persistence paid off when Amoah found the back of the net in the 31st minute. The forward seized the opportunity after Samartex\u2019s defense failed to clear a strike, calmly slotting the ball past the keeper.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marked Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive win at Len Clay, where they remain unbeaten. Meanwhile, Samartex\u2019s struggles in their title defense deepened as they appeared toothless throughout the match, unable to challenge Kotoko\u2019s dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko\u2019s solid performance reinforces their push for a title challenge, while Samartex will need to regroup quickly to get their campaign back on track.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko could go top with a win in midweek against Legon Cities in an outstanding match, while Samartex faces Berekum Chelsea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The victory marked Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive win at Len Clay Forward Albert Amoah\u2019s first-half goal secured a crucial victory for Asante Kotoko against reigning champions Samartex at the Len Clay Stadium in Obuasi. The 1-0 win propelled Kotoko back into second place on the league table, with a game in hand, as they continue to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The victory marked Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive win at Len Clay Forward Albert Amoah\u2019s first-half goal secured a crucial victory for Asante Kotoko against reigning champions Samartex at the Len Clay Stadium in Obuasi. The 1-0 win propelled Kotoko back into second place on the league table, with a game in hand, as they continue to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-21T03:01:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/99913567.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"413\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-21T03:01:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/99913567.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/\",\"name\":\"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/99913567.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-21T03:01:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/99913567.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/99913567.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":413},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/21\\\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"The victory marked Kotoko\u2019s second consecutive win at Len Clay Forward Albert Amoah\u2019s first-half goal secured a crucial victory for Asante Kotoko against reigning champions Samartex at the Len Clay Stadium in Obuasi. The 1-0 win propelled Kotoko back into second place on the league table, with a game in hand, as they continue to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-10-21T03:01:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":413,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/99913567.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex","datePublished":"2024-10-21T03:01:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/"},"wordCount":227,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/99913567.jpg","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/","name":"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/99913567.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-21T03:01:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/99913567.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/99913567.jpg","width":600,"height":413},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/21\/week-7-match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-samartex\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Week 7 Match Report- Asante Kotoko 1-0 Samartex"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}