Hearts of Oak's spirited performance in the second half yielded positive results as the Phobians defeated Berekum Chelsea at the Accra Sports Stadium on matchday 17 of the ongoing 2022/2023 betPawa Ghana Premier League.

Three second-half goals after a very wasteful first half at the Accra Sports Stadium enabled Hearts of Oak to bounce back to winning ways after a 3-1 victory over the Blues on Saturday, February 11, 2023.

Coming into this game on the back of a poor performance and a 1-0 defeat to Real Tamale United at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium on Sunday, February 5, 2023, Accra Hearts of Oak desperately needed victory in this fixture.

The Phobians needed to win against Berekum Chelsea to keep their hopes of ending the season with silverware after being kicked out of the MTN FA Cup by Dreams FC at the round of 32 stages.

Accra Hearts of Oak with both Gladson Awako and Ibrahim Salifu in midfield dominated the game totally but couldn't take the lead in the first half due to the superb goalkeeping skills of Ernest Sowah and the wastefulness of the Phobians.

Chelsea on the other hand didn't create much but Amankona also couldn't make the home team pay for their blunders at the back.

The second half started rather slow for Chelsea but Hearts of Oak took off from where they left off but the missing of chances continued when Linda Ntange missed a begging chance in the 56th minute.

Hearts of Oak finally got the breakthrough in the 83rd minute after Dennis Korsah's shot deflected the leg of Collins Ameyaw and ended at the back of the net.

Benjamin York added the second 3 minutes later with substitute Victor Aidoo getting the third for Hearts of Oak in stoppage time.

Zakaria Fuseni got the consolation goal for Berekum Chelsea for the game to end 3-1.

Accra Hearts of Oak are now 2nd on the league table after this victory, Berekum Chelsea maintain their 10th position.