Ingwe are ninth on the table on 24 points and will be hoping to get a first league win since they elected their new Chairman Dan Mule into office. Gor Mahia FC Brazillian coach Marcelo ‘Ze Maria’ Ferreira confers with his assistant Tom Ogweno during their KPL clash against Ushuru FC in July. Photo/Stafford Ondego/www. sportpicha. com At the same time, champions Gor Mahia’s assistant coach, Tom Ogweno, has warned against overlooking teams in the bottom half ahead of their crunch clash against Sony Sugar. “At the moment there are no small teams in the KPL and playing Sony away has always been a tough fixture. If you focus on the teams at the top you end up ignoring the other teams which at the end of the day comes back to bite you, ” he added. “Our players are versatile that’s why we have been using different styles of play, deploying Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and Godfrey Walusimbi as wingers so we can figure out their best positions.
Posta lay ambush for Leopards, Gor wary of Sony threatPosta Rangers Head Coach Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno is optimistic a win against AFC Leopards on Wednesday is all they need to get their season back on track. The seventh placed team in the Kenya Premier League (KPL) log looked like genuine title contenders in the first leg before the wheels came off in the second half and are on a run of five games without victory. “My players are focused and have been giving their all in training so you never know.
Our winning streak might start with them. This is what football is about and there can only be three outcomes, ” the gaffer underscored. “The teams above us are also going through hard times. In the first leg of the season we enjoyed a good run and it is just a matter of time before we get back to our best, ” he added. The former Harambee Stars tactician bemoaned suspect officiating in the league. “I would like to emphasize referees should watch what calls they make because these crucial decisions end up influencing the outcome of the game and as a coach it becomes very frustrating, ” Otieno told Citizen Digital. The Mailmen have missed the services of top scorer Timothy Otieno who has netted four due to injury and should be wary of a Leopards side that is enjoying resurgence, picking up seven points in their last three games.
Mathare run riot in Nzoia demolitionMathare United snapped their two-match winless run in the Kenyan Premier League with a 4-0 drubbing of Nzoia Sugar at the Moi Stadium, Kasarani yesterday. Prior to the match, the Slum Boys had succumbed 3-1 and 3-0 to Kakamega Homeboyz and AFC Leopards respectively but bounced back to winning ways, leaving coach Salim Ali full of praises for his charges.
“Losing twice was unlike us and I am proud of the players’ reaction. We missed four key players in the last two matches but their return brought a positive impact. We also conceded six goals in our last two matches but we managed to keep a clean sheet, which is a plus, ” said the former player. His Nzoia counterpart Collins Omondi heavily blamed the loss on KPL for ignoring their wish to have the match rescheduled to a later date.
“It was our wish to have the match shelved but KPL declined. My players had not fully switched from holiday mood. We created chances but we could not make them count hence the need to make some signings in January, ” said a livid Omondi. Mathare showed intent from the onset, pitching camp in Nzoia’s area in search for the opener. However, the visitors ravenously frustrated the hosts, who would have gone ahead barely a minute into the game through Alphonce Ndonye, who fired inches off target with just the goalkeeper to beat.
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