Can Shabana move closer to long-awaited promotion?
Title contenders Shabana FC and Muranga Seal FC will not be leaving anything to chance as they return to action to press on with their promotion charge with the 2022/23 National Super League season approaching climax.
‘Tore Bobe’ as Shabana is commonly known, lead the standings on 45 points and Sunday at home in Gusii Stadium against sixth placed Mara Sugar FC.
The neighbors are expected to attract crowds in a game that matters for Shabana particularly as they seek a return to the top tier after slightly more than two decades in the cold.Head Coach Sammy Okoth has the firepower of Vincent Nyabuto and Peter Ogechi to unleash in this encounter.
In as much as the Gusii games have played two games more, all that is in the head of the club faithful is returning to their official home-Premiership. Mara have 31 points off 18 games but know the hostile Gusii Stadium might not truly favor their wishes.
Second placed Muranga Seal under Vincent Nyaberi are amongst the form teams on the Division having won four games on the trot In their last encounter away to 10th placed Kisumu All-Stars,they won 1-0 which pushed them to 38 points with two matches in hand.
The lone team from Central Kenya on the NSL know the pressure they are on to deliver and head to the Premier League and as such Nyaberi and his charges are toiling hard. However, Seal are at home in St. Sebastian Park Sunday facing a stubborn Kajiado FC who have picked seven points on their last three games. Kajiado who beat MCF 2-1 last time out, are presently in 15th place with 15 points and have the unique distinction of humbling table toppers Shabana at home.
Gusii FC who are third on the log with 35 points,have a date against struggling Vihiga United Monday at Gusii Stadium.
Kassim Juma at the helm wants to help create history by helping two teams from the same rural County in Kenya to ascend to the Premiership.Currently Gusii has 10 wins in 22 meetings and would want to use superior home ground advantage to punish the lacklustre Vihiga who were last time thrashed 6-0 at home by the dangerous Shabana FC.Vihiga presently has only 12 points off 19 matches with only four wins on record this campaign.