With Mathare United hoping to pull a great escape, head coach Frank Ouna is confident his side will carry the day when they take on Kariobangi Sharks in the Slum Derby on Wednesday.Mathare United have endured a season to forget as they have languished at the foot of the table for the better part of the campaign following torrid results.Speaking ahead of the derby, Ouna noted that the Mathare are hungrier for the three points despite losing the first leg 2-1 courtesy of a brace from Peter Lwasa with Khaleed Juman scoring the consolation goal.📸 | Mathare United vs Sofapaka FC in pictures 👇🏿#GreatnessWithin pic.twitter.com/5wEnANU6Vn— Mathare United FC (@MathareUtd) August 1, 2021 “Not trying to be disrespectful to Sharks but I believe we all know that Mathare needs the three points more, so we need to show more hunger tomorrow,”“We had a very positive result last time out and the only way to make it count is to replicate it against Sharks,” Ouna told the club’s media. Mathare United battled for a hard-fought win over Sofapaka in their last clash through late goals from Martin Ongori and Anthony Odialo in the last four minutes after Sammy Imbunye handed Batoto ba Mungu the lead.FT: Mathare United 2-1 Sofapaka FC86′ A.Otieno, 88′ M.Ongori / 75′ S.Imbunye #MathareVsSofapaka pic.twitter.com/NHcPvBHOse— Mathare United FC (@MathareUtd) July 31, 2021 Ouna also highlighted the passing and possession-based philosophy adopted by both clubs as he hopes the side can balance both attack and defence.“Two teams with similar styles of play will go at it tomorrow and we all know that such games are decided by very fine margins. So we have to be at our best on both ends of the pitch and hope also that luck will be on our side,” added the former Wazito FC head coach.
