Nairobi City Stars and Posta Rangers will be out to bounce back to winning ways after suffering defeats over the weekend when they lock horns at the Thika Stadium on Wednesday 9 March.Simba wa Nairobi registered a deflating 2-0 loss at the hands of Bidco United in a match that was marred by poor officiating that saw two dubious penalties awarded.🔜 | We shift our focus to our midweek clash against the mailmen.#KPL #CityStars #NCSPOS pic.twitter.com/RcVawXQbvv— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) March 8, 2022 The Mailmen were thumped 3-1 at the hands of title-chasing Kakamega Homeboyz with newly installed head coach Salim Ali suffering his first defeat at the club.Speaking to Mozzart Sport, Posta midfielder Patrick Otieno admitted that facing City Stars will be a tough task as they will also be looking to bounce back from the Bidco defeat.“We are still pushing on, what we were expecting in the game against Homeboyz we still have not gotten it and facing City Stars is not easy because they are also coming from a loss. We will all be looking for three points, the gap between us and them is not that big and with a win, we can climb up the log,” said Otieno.2.15 Nairobi City Stars 3.05 Posta Rangers 3.50Bidco’s victory over City Stars handed them a severe blow in the title race as it opened up an eight-point gap at the summit of the log with 14 games left till the end of the season.City Stars head coach Nicholas Muyoti noted that the loss was more psychological but will be hoping his side can carry on the tempo they had in the second half against Bidco.We suffer defeat in Thika#CityStars #BIDNCS pic.twitter.com/yPcsFu6IZK— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) March 5, 2022 “The effects of the defeat are psychological, we lost but what I can carry from the Bidco game heading into the Posta encounter is that in the second half we were on the front foot, so we will pick it from there. We managed to create chances and I’m sure if you go into the match with the same mentality we will be able to score goals against Rangers,” said Muyoti.In the 11 meetings between the two sides, City Stars have only won once with Posta winning on two occasions as eight draws have been registered in the fixture.
