After a painful exit from the FA Cup competition lst weekend, Real Tamale United returned to action in the Premier League with a massive 5-1 home win over Bibiani Goldstars on Sunday afternoon.
Real Tamale United secured their eighth win of the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League season against Bibiani Goldstars at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium.
The Tamale based outfit recovered from the back-to-back defeats — against Asante Kotoko in the Premier League and Nsoatreman FC in the FA — to record a 5-1 win against Bibiani Goldstars FC.
The fixture looked balanced in the early minutes with both sides trying their efforts of finding the opener. However, Real Tamale United punished the visitors on the half-hour mark through Manaf Umar.
After taking the lead, the host staged an intense pressure on the defense of Bibiani Goldstars to concede the second via a spot-kick when Stephen Dankwa Badu was tripped by Empem Dacosta.
Hat-trick hero Issah Kuka elected himself to brilliantly struck the ball firmly beyond the reach of goalkeeper Nii Kalala on the 42nd minute of the game.
Ten minutes after the break, Bibiani Goldstars pulled one back through their top-scorer Abednego Tetteh when he superbly head in a cross from Evans Owusu to make it 2-1.
Real Tamale United continued to display five-star performance to restore their two-goal lead on the 60th minute through Issah Kuka.
After just two minutes of his second goal, the on-loan Hearts of Oak striker registered his first hat-trick of the season, extending the lead to 4-1.
Real Tamale United's demolition exercise was completed by Stephen Dankwa Badu when he managed to notch an audacious strike past goalkeeper Nii Kalala on the 80th minute of the game.
The 5-1 win leaves Real Tamale United at 11th position with 35 points while Bibiani Goldstars drops to sixth position with 38 points after match-week 26.
