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Hearts of Oak on Friday drew goalless against Karela United Football Club in a matchday four match at the Accra sports stadium.
The result means that Hearts has gone three games without a win scoring two and conceding three.
The Phobians made four changes to the team that lost 1-0 to Inter Allies last Sunday.
Emmanuel Nettey and Nurudeen Sulley paved the way for Robert Addo Sowah and Frederick Ansah Botchway.
Forward Dominic Eshun had his first season start replacing Kojo Obeng Junior. While Michelle Sarpong also started in place of Abdul Manaf Umar.
Sidiq Alhassan made his first Premier League outing for Karela United after recovering from injury and Yaw Acheampong started ahead of Kamaradini Mamudu.
Nurudeen Abdulai also replaced Darlington Gyan Fosu in the starting lineup. The first half seemed dull with both teams looking uninspiring and undesirable.
They were unable to create scoring opportunities before the halftime whistle.
Phobios approached in the 50sth minute, but Michelle Sarpong’s effort graced the woodwork after a good job from Patrick Razak.
Hearts have only scored two points from the three games they have played so far. They tied (2-2) with AshatiGold and lost 1-0 to Inter Allies.
They increased the pace of the game especially on the flanks where Patrick Razak and Raddy Ovouka operated. In 79th In the minute Patrick Razak opened space and ran into the area looking for a goal, but appeared to have been brought down by a Karela United player but his penalty call was denied by the referee.
Kwame Obeng Junior was also in a good position to score but fired wide after turning his marker in the 82ndNorth Dakota minute.
The phobians kept pushing on the dying embers of the game, but that paid no dividends when the referee blew his whistle for the end of the game.
The result takes Karela United to 8 points, while Hearts of Oak extends its winless streak to three, with one game in hand.
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