Last season’s runner up KCB will be gunning for their fourth successive win when they tackle a winless Vihiga Bullets on Sunday at the Utalii grounds.KCB had gathered steam before the break having raked in maximum points against Sofapaka, Kenya Police and Wazito and consequently had closed in the gap between them and the top teams.The Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno coached side will aim to pick from where they left and move to two points closer to the duo of Kariobangi Sharks and Kakamega Homeboyz who are enmeshed at the joint top of the log with sixteen points.The former Harambee Stars assistant coach who lamented on the effects the elongated break in his squad said they had their eyes fixed on the three points.Sunday’s fixture KCB v Vihiga Bullets -3pm, Utalii #FootballIsBack— FKFcaretaker (@FKFcaretaker) December 4, 2021 “I pray that we will continue from where we left by picking maximum points against Bullets. We have been training throughout the weeks but my biggest worry is lack of match fitness,” he said. Zico who believes that the title will be heading to Ruaraka at the end of the season will be glad that the trio of Brian Wepo, Baraka Badi and Brian Ochieng will be available for selection after recovering from injuries. While the bankers will be out to extend their good run, the league debutants will be seeking their first win of the season as well as their second cleansheet in the competition.The club had acquired the services of Abdallah Juma before the break to replace Evans Mafuta who threw in the towel and the former will be hoping to begin life at the Bullets touchline with a win.Bullets fixing backline ahead of KCB showdownThe former FC Talanta boss who watched the club go down 4-0 to Nairobi City Stars from the stands admitted that they had been reduced to a punching bag in the past matches due to the loopholes in the defence.He however said that the break helped him fix the weaknesses as he noted improvement ahead of the away game that will give him the platform to face his former employer.”I found the defence leaking but we have had time to work on it. I am impressed with the progress the team is making and it can only get better. The bankers were coming up well but we are prepared to take them on,” said the former Western Stima coach.
