{"id":246544,"date":"2026-04-04T10:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=246544"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:01:25","slug":"jesurun-rak-sakyi-scores-in-stoke-city-win-over-sheffield-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/04\/jesurun-rak-sakyi-scores-in-stoke-city-win-over-sheffield-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesurun Rak-Sakyi scores in Stoke City win over Sheffield Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">English-Ghanaian forward <strong>Jesurun Rak-Sakyi<\/strong> produced a standout performance, scoring the opener as <strong>Stoke City<\/strong> secured a convincing <strong>2-0 victory<\/strong> over <strong>Sheffield Wednesday<\/strong> at the bet365 Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rak-Sakyi broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute, calmly finishing after connecting with a well-timed pass from <strong>Sorba Thomas<\/strong>, giving Stoke a deserved lead heading into the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hosts continued to dominate after halftime, and <strong>Lamine Ciss\u00e9<\/strong> doubled the advantage in the 57th minute, capping an impressive display from <strong>Mark Robins\u2019<\/strong> side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoke were the more dangerous team throughout the contest, with their attacking trio of <strong>Million Manhoef, Rak-Sakyi, and Ciss\u00e9<\/strong> consistently troubling Wednesday\u2019s defense and forcing goalkeeper <strong>Pierce Charles<\/strong> into several saves. Despite enjoying more possession, the visitors struggled to create clear chances and rarely looked capable of mounting a comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal marks another positive contribution for Rak-Sakyi, who continues to build momentum in the <strong>2025\/26 Championship season<\/strong>, now tallying <strong>two goals in ten appearances<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory provides a timely boost for Stoke City as they prepare for their next league fixture against <strong>Derby County<\/strong> at Pride Park on <strong>April 6, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English-Ghanaian forward Jesurun Rak-Sakyi produced a standout performance, scoring the opener as Stoke City secured a convincing 2-0 victory over&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-246544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-jesurun-rak-sakyi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}