Western Stima head coach Abdalla Juma is hoping to preserve his clean CV of never suffering relegation despite his side currently hovering perilously close to the drop zone.Stima holds a slender one-point buffer against Vihiga United who are in the drop zone with their season being marred by match-fixing claims, management change and a squad overhaul.Speaking to Mozzart Sport, Juma exuded confidence in securing another top-flight season with Stima and preserve his record avoiding relegation with all teams he has managed.17 years Old Rodgers Ouma was named man of the match against Zoo Kericho last week. He has been amazing for us and now that he takes a break to concentrate on his fourth form examinations, we wish him success.#stimanimoja pic.twitter.com/33JENX6Rwc— Western Stima Fc (@WesternStima_fc) March 15, 2021 “I have hopes that I will keep Stima in the league because I have never suffered relegation as a coach, if you look at the teams we have left to play with they are teams that are currently not consistent,”“I came close to suffering relegation with Chemelil in 2017 but we survived, most of the teams that I have coached like AFC Leopards, KCB and Thika were not fighting relegation,” said Juma.Stima next face fellow strugglers Nzoia Sugar who are oozing with confidence following their win over Bidco United last time out with the Millers enjoying a three-point advantage over the Powermen.Back to Nakuru against Western Stima. Time to build the momentum. #nzoiasugarfcvswesternstima. ^EW. @Nzoiasugar @Officialfkfpl @MozzartSportKe @ElvisMukhwana pic.twitter.com/V45CASFIJ4— NZOIASUGARFC (@nzoiasugarfc2) July 12, 2021 Juma lamented about the loss of home advantage with the government suspending sports in 13 Western region counties to curb the spike in Covid-19 cases.“We really want to win against Nzoia Sugar but the problem is that we cannot play our home games in Kisumu, if we played them there we would have a better chance of winning,”“I have however prepared my boys to play all the remaining matches in a neutral venue but I would really urge the government to lift the ban of sporting activities on our region. A level playing field in such a scenario where several teams are hoping to avoid the chop is very important,” added Juma. (function (el) { window.addEventListener(“message”, (event) => { if (event.origin.startsWith(“https://www.sofascore”)) { if (el.id === event.data.id) { el.style.height = event.data.height + “px”; } } }); })(document.getElementById(“sofa-standings-embed-17654-34876”)); Standings provided by SofaScore LiveScore
