KCB slip in draw against Ingwe to leave Tusker with one hand on title

Despite scoring early on and leading for a majority of the match, second-placed KCB wasted a chance to close in on log leading Tusker heading into the final match of the 2020/2021 season scheduled for Sunday as they played out to a 1-1 draw against AFC Leopards in a match staged at Thika Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.Heading into the penultimate match of the season with a three-point deficit from the log leaders, KCB needed nothing short of a win if they were to harbour any hopes of clinching a first league title to their name since their establishment.🟢| FULL-TIMEPoints are shared in Thika#KCBvsAFC pic.twitter.com/RtwUtg6g4n— FKF Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) August 18, 2021 The Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno settled in the game well and midfielder Samuel Mwangi put them ahead with a strike after just twenty one minutes. The diminutive player found himself unmarked at the right place and at the right time after Vincent Wasambo’s miscued shot on goal fell kindly in his path inside the box, the attacking midfielder did not hesitate in finding the back of the net with his first-time strike to give his side they held until the half time interval.Upon second half’s resumption, the Bankers hopes of capitalizing on Tusker’s draw away against Nzoia Sugar were quickly dashed with seventeen minutes to go as Ingwe top scorer Elvis Rupia made an intelligent run behind the defense that was picked out by a sublime through pass from Peter Thiong’o, the striker coolly rolling the ball past Joseph Okoth in the KCB goal for his seventeenth strike of the season.73’| Goal @AFCLeopards Thiongo with long range pass fTo find Rupia who fires it past Okoth.His 17th of the season.KCB 1-1 AFC#KCBvsAFC pic.twitter.com/AXpPMoz5SZ— FKF Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) August 18, 2021 That equalizer would prove to be the final meaningful moment of the match as the two sides settled for a point apiece in the match.With the draw, and heading into the final match of the season, KCB will need Tusker to lose their last match and for them to win their game with a margin of more than eight goals if they are to lift the title, an almost impossible task.

  

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