Defending champions Tusker are pursuing to move four points within reach of Football Kenya Federation Premier League leaders Kakamega Homeboyz when they confront Sofapaka on Friday, 25 February at the Kasarani Annex.Tusker who are unbeaten in the last six league rounds are seven points behind Homeboyz and a win over the tepid Sofapaka will see them move to second place pending the outcome of the other matches set to be played on Saturday and Sunday across different venues.Match Day.🆚| Sofapaka🏟️| Kasarani Annex🕘| 3pm EAT#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life pic.twitter.com/kAn3g1jLcT— 🏆Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) February 25, 2022 The brewers endured a rough start of life in the campaign that was largely attributed to the massive recruitment of new players who had little time to develop string chemistry between themselves in the pre-season.However, a series of fairly good results in the last five rounds or so have seen the brewers get their title defense campaign on track and will hope to inch closer to the log leaders when they take on Sofapaka who have not lived up to the expectations of many thus far.The club’s goalkeeper Patrick Matasi who has kept six consecutive cleansheets anticipates for a tough encounter owing to the calibre of the opponent. However, the Kenyan international is certain of his side taking home the three points.#FKFPL action returns this weekend. The action begins on Friday when 10th placed @FC_Sofapaka host defending champions @tusker_fc who are currently in 6th place at Kasarani Annex.Get the full standings here https://t.co/e21bSpN2Ep pic.twitter.com/4MySe8bC08— FKFcaretaker (@FKFcaretaker) February 24, 2022 “Sofapaka is not an easy team to play against. When we played them in the first leg, which was my first match of the season with Tusker, I noted that they play a lot of direct balls. If we can deny them those spaces to run and distribute the balls, we will make it easier for ourselves and control the game better,” he told the club website.While Tusker will be keen to close in on Homeboyz, Sofapaka will be gunning for the seventh win of the season. The 2009 league champions who will miss the services of Geoffrey Ojunga and Brandon Obiero who are nursing injuries have been inconsistent in getting positive results and win over the brewers will definitely inject confidence in the team going forward. 🔛 |MATCH DAY➡️ |Right in the capital📍|Kasarani Annex📺| Watch the match live on our Facebook page and YouTube channel@betikaKe@OyandoRonny#BatotoBaMungu pic.twitter.com/MKMP4QePGs— Sofapaka FC (@FC_Sofapaka) February 25, 2022 Coach Kennedy Odhiambo who watched his charges beat Kariobangi Sharks 3-0 in a mid-week friendly matches called on them to unleash similar lethalness when they face Tusker.“One of the reason contributing to the inconsistent show is lack of enough punch in the final third. We have been working on it in training and tested the effectiveness of the drills against Sharks. It worked to perfection and I encourage them to replicate the same against Tusker,” said the former Bandari coach.