The 2017 Kenyan Premier League last bend starts this weekend at round 14 with interesting match-ups after a three-weak breather.
All eyes will be trailed at the helm of the table standings where a fierce race for the title is projected.
Relegation battle at the tail end of the log will equally be intriguing going by the first leg indicators.
Defending champions Tusker, who are locked, top of the standings on 27 points same as the 2015 and record champions Gor Mahia will travel to Machakos Sunday in the Eastern Kenya to face emerging Kariobangi Sharks.
The tie will be one to salivate for as both sides finished the first leg on a high, and will be looking to pick up from where they left.
Sharks are among the best performing lot of the four promoted teams in this year’s league. They are currently fifth on twenty one points and could go up-to third on the log with a win.
Gor, who yesterday woke up to the resignation of their Brazilian coach Jose Mercelo Ferraira cannot afford any slip ups when their travel to Meru on the same day to face 2009 champions Sofapaka at the Kinoru Stadium.
Fresh from lifting the inaugural Sportpesa Super Cup in Tanzania in style, K’Ogalo will be aiming to emulate the brilliant run in Dar Es Salam, where they went unbeaten and didn’t concede a goal.
Zedekiah “Zico” Otieno, who lead the team in the one-week tournament, will be in charge in the absence of Ze Maria.
AFC Leopards, who lost to Gor 3-0 in the Sportpesa Super Cup final, will need more inspiration against bottom placed Mathare United, whom they host at Nyayo Stadium Saturday.
Ingwe have since replaced departed Englishman Stawart Hall with former Eritrea national team coach Romanian Dorin Marin. He will be tasked with reviving Leopards’ campaign which seems to have taken a beating in the first leg.
The 1998 champions have bolstered their squad – roping in Ugandan duo of Keziron Kizito and Musa Mudde, who is returning from Bandari for a second stint at the den.
KPL remains in darkness since the withdrawal of SuperSport as the broadcast partners and fans will have to go to the stadiums to catch the action.
The Full Fixtures:
