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Hawks pound Gunjur Utd to set early pace in 2nd Division

Nov 23, 2023, 12:12 PM | Article By: Lamin Darboe

Hawks on Tuesday battered Gunjur United 3-1 in their week-two fixture played at the Brikama Box Bar Mini Stadium to set early pace in the 2023-2024 Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division Two League.

 

The Red Devils thumped Immigration 2-0 in their opening league outing before locking horns with Gunjur United, who drew 2-2 with Serrekunda FC in their opening league fixture.

Hawks were enthusiastic to bang Gunjur United to maintain their winning form in the country’s Second Tier campaign.

The Red Devils made a strong start to the match and controlled Gunjur United in the midfield, creating several goal scoring opportunities.

Budding Alagie Wally opened the scores for Hawks in the 6th minute of the match from an astonishing strike.

Gunjur United reacted quickly for an equaliser and levelled the scores through prolific striker Musa Joof in the 21st minute of the match from the penalty spot thus the first half ended 1-1.

 Upon resumption of the match, Hawks organised themselves and piled pressure on Gunjur United, creating numerous goal scoring opportunities.

Sankung Kanteh scored the second goal for Hawks in the 47th minute of the match after capitalising on Gunjur United custodian Muhammed Touray’s blunder.

Budding Alagie Wally netted the third goal for the Hawks in the 72nd minute of the match to complete his brace.

Gunjur United fought hard for an equaliser but to no avail thus the match ended 3-1 in favour of Hawks.

The win earns Hawks top-spot on the country’s Second Tier table with 6 points after two league outings.

 Gunjur United are still with 1 point in two league outings.

Meanwhile, Unique Global FC beat The Gambia Ports Authority 1-0 at the Late Ousman Saho Football Field in Old Yundum to grab their first triumph in the Second Division League.