After 28 days since their last Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) match, Nairobi City Stars will be hoping to resume action with a bang when they host Kariobangi Sharks at Ruaraka Grounds on Saturday starting at 1 PM.Any of the two teams that win in this clash will have the chance to topple Gor Mahia who are not having league action this weekend and ascend to the summit of the log after seven rounds of matches.Both teams have an identical statistic save for the goals, having won in four, drawn once, and lost once in their first six games of the 2021/22 campaign.IT HAS RETURNED!!NEXT MATCH ⏭️FKF-PL | Round 7🗓 | Sat 4th Dec 2021🆚 @k_sharksfc 🏆 | FKF-PL⏰ | 1300EAT🏟 | Ruaraka Stadium#𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚BETTER MUST COMECOME ONE COME ALL #OperationJazaStadi pic.twitter.com/GAqjxbTVKI— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) December 2, 2021 Off-season recruit for Kariobangi Sharks Felix Oluoch will be hoping to pick up from where he left before the long break to extend his lead in the Golden Boot race where he had a firm grip with six goals already.On the other end, City Stars will be hoping to trouble a Sharks defensive wall that has let in only three goals this season, with only Gor Mahia having conceded fewer with just two.With the return, Nairobi City Stars team coordinator Samson Otieno is delighted at the resumption of competitive football, noting that his team is happy with the return.”Our playing unit has been training for over three weeks and have are yearning for competitive football hence the overall happiness at the return of the league,” Otieno said.Final preparations done ahead of tomorrow’s match against @NrbCityStars#WeAreSharks #BetwaySharks pic.twitter.com/6qOZOwUTYN— Kariobangi Sharks FC (@k_sharksfc) December 3, 2021 Last season was the first time that the two teams were meeting in the top-flight for the first time, and they ended up sharing victories as each team won one of the two legs, both in an identical scoreline.Kariobangi Sharks will be without defender Bonface Onyango and custodian John Otieno who are unavailable due to injury while Simba wa Nairobi will miss on Wycliffe Otieno, Ronney Kola and Erick Ombija due to injury.The Nicholas Muyoti -coached side will also be without Nicholas Kipkirui, Ebrima Sanneh, Rowland Makati, and Elvis Ochoro who did not make it to the matchday squad. (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-17654-38844”)); Standings provided by SofaScore LiveScore
