Vihiga United will be looking to maximize home advantage and secure a convincing win against Kenya Police FC in the first leg of the FKF Premier League/National Super League playoff first leg encounter at the Mumias Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon. The second leg will be played exactly a week later at Ruaraka Grounds.United secured the playoff sport after finishing second last in the FKF Premier League last season while Kenya Police finished third in the second tier thereby setting up a clash between the two sides that are a league tier apart.Vihiga United’s playoff preparations in shamblesVihiga got promoted to the top tier last year via playoff after downing the then, FKF Premier League side, Kisumu-All Stars in a two-legged playoff, Police on the other hand will be seeking to qualify for the top league via the same route against a United side that was in great form in the closing stages of the season.The two teams have faced off three times before, all in the second tier, the National Super League. In all the games, United have picked wins scoring six goals. Police are yet to get one over United and neither have they scored a goal against the Mike Mururi led team.Vihiga Bullets promoted to FKF-PL. Vihiga United to face Kenya Police FC in promotion playoff for a chance to remain in FKF-PL.Vihiga Queens are top in 🇰🇪 women’s football.Vihiga county seems to be doing something right. One of few counties tapping power of devolved sports?— Warothe Kiru (@warothe) September 5, 2021 Heading into the game, a number of Vihiga United players have been linked with a move away from the club. Lawrence Luvanda and Stewart Omondi will head to Tusker while Lesley Otieno, Isaac Otieno, and Prince Ayieko have also been linked with a move away from the club but the club is not losing sleep over the possibility of losing some of their best young talents.Vihiga United commence training today ahead of Playoff fixture“We definitely want to remain in the league first. Players come and go and we can always replace any player but for us, the focus is on the two games, which are both finals for us and if we put in a good show in both ties then I believe that we will retain our top-flight status,” Vihiga assistant coach Samuel Twago stated.Police coach, a legend of the game, Boby Ogolla will be hoping to earn a promotion with the law enforcers. He joined the team a couple of weeks ago.
