Nandwa’s Double sinks Gor Mahia in machakos
League Champions Gor Mahia Fc were on Wednesday condemned to a third straight loss at the hands of visiting Ulinzi Stars in one of the midweek Kenyan Premier League matches played in Machakos.
Marred with a disconnect,the league Champions who had earlier on threatened not to honour the tie were not at their best taking on inform side Ulinzi Stars who in return precisely made good use of the situation to their advantage netting two past them.
The soldiers lead goal scorer Elvis Nandwa continued with his impressive form drawing the first blood just after the hour mark with a calmly taken strike past Gor’s Patrick Odhiambo in goal. On resumption coach Dylan Kerr made two quick substitution bringing on Mustafa and Boniface Omondi in abid to strengthen their attack upfront in search for the equalizer but barely could they have a touch on the ball ,Ulinzi Stars got the second goal of the day through Nadwa after a well calculated move.
In attempts to get positive result out of the match Gor’s tireless efforts were fruitless as the soldiers held on strongly with a solid performance from their custodian Timothy Odhiambo who denied Gor Mahia strikers despite the numerous attempts on goal. The win now sees Ulinzi at the 50point mark heading to the last 4 matches of the 2018 league campaign.
In equally played midweek matches, bottom placed Thika United survival hopes was dealt a major blow going down to Tusker Football Club in Thika. Former Gor Mahia striker Timothy Otieno’s double compounded Thika’s misery despite having won against Gor Mahia over the weekend. In Narok town host Sofapaka Fc made no mistakes walloping Kakamega Homeboyz 4:1 . Umar Kasumba was the hero of the day netting a hattrick with Okare Ezekiel netting the fourth.
Gor Mahia 0:2 Ulinzi Stars
Thika United 0:2 Tusker Fc
Sofapaka Fc 4:1 Kakamega Homeboyz
