Relieving pressure off their shoulders is all that KCB FC will be looking for when they take on a tepid Sofapaka on Saturday afternoon at the Kasarani Annex.The deep-pocketed bankers have one win in the last five games in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) and will be faced with a must-win situation when they come up against a side that will be equally in the hunt for redemption.🗞️KCB vs Sofapaka match preview: Stats, numbers, form and team news.📲 https://t.co/QOmZBZk5kM@betikaKe@OyandoRonny#BatotoBaMungu pic.twitter.com/mlcLESFSK6— Sofapaka FC (@FC_Sofapaka) March 4, 2022 The unwanted return of results has seen the Bankers trail league leaders Kakamega Homeboyz by nine points, thus putting their title hopes on the line.Coach Zedekiah Otieno had earlier downplayed the effects of the run that he termed as normal in football saying there was time to catch up with the top teams.Impeccable sources from the club indicate that the poor run has been triggered by the ouster of the playing unit from the Ruaraka-based training ground and the injuries therein.Young Maliachi working on his move to FinlandThe football club was thrown out of the Ruaraka-based facility a few weeks ago that is said to be owned by the thriving rugby side. The team trains in Leadership Centre grounds in Karen.According to sources, the players have been complaining of fatigue emanating from the change of training grounds as they have to cover close to twenty kilometres to access the facility and equal distance on their way back home.”We are spending more time on the road than on the training pitch but we are trying our best to adapt. Attending training sessions feels like preparing and travelling for an away match. We have had to alter our schedules as we have to cover long distances to access the training ground unlike before where we would converge at Ruaraka and finish training by 11 am. Nowadays, we do arrive in town as late as 3 pm from training,” said a player who declined to be mentioned for fear of reprisal from the employer.While KCB will be out to draw closer to the top teams while Sofapaka will be gunning to redeem themselves from a 2-0 loss suffered in the hands of champions Tusker a week ago.Sofapaka have had a drab season thus far as they have won six in the eighteen times they have taken to the pitch, lost six and drawn a similar number of matches.💪|Final session on a sunny Friday morning, the lads are fired up for tomorrow’s tasks.@betikaKe@OyandoRonny#BatotoBaMungu pic.twitter.com/bwdD6k1KD6— Sofapaka FC (@FC_Sofapaka) March 4, 2022 The 2009 league champions lost 2-1 to KCB in the first leg of the fixture at Thika Stadium although, the head to head statistics show that they have been lording over the Bankers. Sofapaka who will miss the services of Sebastine Sunday, Nixon Omondi, David King’atua and David Otieno have won eleven of the twenty matches of the fixture, lost five to KCB and drawn four times.
