Kenyan premier League weekend updates

The race for the Kenyan Premier League continued having acute turns and twists as it approaches its final home stretch.

On the lower half of the table it was the story of survival for the fittest as teams posted mixed result with 8 matches to go. Former league and Nelson Mandela Cup Champions are facing great danger of relegation. They lost 1-0 away to Sony Sugar in Awendo.

Mathare United’s title hopes suffered a setback when they lost 2-0 away to Ulinzi. Both of the Ulinzi goals came in the second half of the game. Evans Ang’oka and Francis Ochieng scored a goal each to run away with 3 valuable points. The defeat saw Mathare United’s 5 point lead over second placed Sony cut to just two points after Sony posted a 1-0 win against the once Mighty Gor Mahia. Time is really running out on Gor who must start winning today if the hope to continue playing in the Premier league tomorrow. James Siang’a, the Gor Mahia tactician has had a magic touch whenever he takes over any team. But things do not seem to be working for him this time round His has been a mixture of draws and defeats.

Alive came Mathare Youth when they found their winning boots again crushing Red Berets 1-0. The loss threw Red Berets into deep trouble. They are now placed second from Bottom with 22 points. The Mathare lads climbed slightly out of the relegation zone after the result. Michael Ochieng Scored the goal that sunk the men in uniform in the 71st minute of the game. Mathare Youth is now placed 14th out 16 teams. Henry Majale the Vice Chairman of Mathare Youth FC was over the moon after the win. He did not have a chance to watch the game but said that the win would go a long way towards boosting his team’s morale. “The win has come at a very good time. We have a tough game against Tusker during this coming weekend. All I can say is that we look forward to beating the beermen.

Tusker FC, smarting from their 2-1 away win over Bandari a week ago got the going tough again last weekend when they took on Chemelil Sugar FC at the Kasarani Stadium. Too many unnecessary  and unproductive passes in the midfield coupled with a very sorry attack provided a very good recipe for defeat. They succumbed to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of well drilled Chemelil. Zedikiah Otieno seems to have mastered the art of survival and proving to be more and more untouchable. Before taking on Tusker FC, speculation was rife that he would be shown the door if he lost against Tusker FC.

Sher Karuturi travelled all the way to Western Stima but came back without kicking a ball. Before the match, there was a very heavy downpour that  rendered the pitch unplayable.

Humphrey Mieno danced his way to the changing room after sending Yusuf Chippo’s KCB home without a point when they played Mahakama FC. Mieno, who is also in the national U20 team scored the all important goal that did damage to the bankers. Leonard Saleh has shown some slight touch since arriving at Mahakama FC two months ago. Mahakama bosses now have some confidence that they can gradually crawl out of the relegation zone.

Home side Agro Chemicals took full advantage of their home crowd trouncing other title contenders Thika United 2-1. Thika had initially silenced the home side when they scored first but Agro replied swiftly with goals from Gordon Okoth and Edward Nandi.

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