The FKF Premier League made a return after a month-long break, with all 18 teams in the league getting involved in matches played across the country.AFC Leopards and Tusker had a repeat of the last season’s opener, with Leopards carrying the day again as three teams made their top-flight debut also.Most teams have been bringing new players to their ranks, and that proved vital for a couple of them as their acquisitions scored, starting with Whyvonne Isuza who managed a brace for Bandari while Leonard MMata and Brian Yakhama scored for Kariobangi Sharks and FC Talanta.Gor, AFC not as bad as thought##NAJAVA_MECA_5854252##AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia started their campaign on a positive note, winning their opening matches against the defending champions and the first runners up respectively.Unlike many would have thought, the youthful Ingwe side fielded against Tusker did a commendable job as they showed the will to win from the first whistle.Benson Omala is back at Gor Mahia! And he is back with goals! The former Western Stima player returned to the country just over a month after moving to Sweden to join FC Linkoping City on a loan move that did not go as per his expectations.AFC Leopards’ starting team against Tusker FC.Not a bad squad, they are just short in attack.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/5oy4ShLbwn— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) September 26, 2021 Omala scored a brace as Gor beat KCB 2-1 at Thika and he could be in for a great season at K’Ogalo if he maintains the consistency.With the FIFA transfer ban still in place, AFC Leopards will rely heavily on the players who did duty against Tusker unless they settle their debts to overturn the ban before the window closes at the end of October.While AFC have young players ready to show the world what they have, Gor Mahia’s new signings seemed to tick the right boxes in the first game with Peter Lwasa filling in the void left by Kenneth Muguna.Newbies not a pushoverFC Talanta, Police FC, and Vihiga Bullets were all in action over the weekend as they made their debuts in the top-flight league.For teams with no prior experience, the first outing in the top flight was a great performance from the respective teams though they recorded varying results.Kakamega Homeboyz, a seasoned team in the FKFPL had to sweat for all three points against a hard-fighting Police FC at Bukhungu Stadium and scored only once.Talanta and Vihiga Bullets held their own against a star-studded Wazito FC and Bidco United to grab a point in their opening games and will be looking to build on that in their coming games in the season.Interesting results in the FKFPL today. Sofapaka, which only had 3 players on the bench due to an ongoing transfer ban, has edged moneybags Nairobi City Stars 3-1 in Wundanyi. Earlier on AFC Leopards, which is suffering the same predicament, beat Tusker 1-0 in Thika— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) September 26, 2021 Bullets coach Evans Mafuta still insists that they will bolster their squad by the time the league resumes for the second round in mid October.Mathare start off from a familiar positionMathare United barely survived relegation last season, spending most of their time during the season rooted at the bottom.With their savior in Frank Ouna gone, Ezekiel Akwana is the man in charge and the beating away to Bandari evoked familiar memories that the Slumboys will not want to associate with again.Despite having a blend of youthful and experienced players within their squad against bandari, mostly experienced, Mathare could not contain Bandari and lost by the most goals in the first round to start off from the bottom.But as they say, once you’ve hit rock bottom, the only other way you can go is up!New signingsAll clubs except Sofapaka and AFC leopards fielded new signings in their first-round matches.Sofapaka are equally serving a transfer ban. Their former player Justin Mico reported them to FIFA. They can’t register their new signings. https://t.co/i4MOKAZvuQ— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) September 26, 2021 Sofapaka have made a couple of signings in the current transfer window but they could not field any of them against Nairobi city Stars as they are still not off the hook after being reported to FIFA by Justin Mico and Moussa Omar for breach of contract.Those who got a chance to play across the 16 teams showed why they deserved a place in their teams as they had different contributions altogether. While Isuza and Mmata were scoring, Kevin Ouma remained steadfast for Ulinzi Stars.
