The first leg of the Football Kenya Federation Premier League / National Super League playoff pitting Wazito and Murang’a Seal is set to be played this Saturday with a return match taking place a week later.The two sides will square it out in the two-legged contest to determine which team will grace top flight and second tier football next season.Training had resumed in readiness for the playoff against Murang’a Seal FC#Wazito4life pic.twitter.com/l8x7xH05bT— Wazito Football Club (@wazitofc) July 25, 2022 Wazito, finished third from bottom in the top flight while Seal, were third on the log in the second tier competition that concluded last weekend with APS Bomet and Fortune Sacco earning automatic promotion.According to sources from both clubs, the Transition Committee did not state which club would host the first leg. Efforts to seek clarification from the government-installed body were futile.Ahead of the first leg, Wazito head coach Fred Ambani is confident of retaining their place in the top flight despite being uncertain on whether the players who have been linked with a move to other clubs will feature.Ochuoga dreams of landing league title with Gor Mahia next seasonThe Ricardo Badoer-owned club has lost the duo of James Kinyanjui and Fidel Origa to free-spending Bandari who have been active and splashing money in the transfer window.”I have interacted with the players in the few training sessions we have had and the mood in the unit is encouraging. They want to play in the top flight next season and this means, they have to fight and win the playoff. I have read reports of some of our players joining other clubs but in as far as I am concerned, we haven’t released them formally,” he said.##NAJAVA_MECA_6521020##His Murang’a Seal counterpart Vincent Nyaberi is also relishing the prospect of rubbing shoulders with the best in the top league next season.”I am confident we will emerge victorious and grace the top league next season. The boys are ready and committed to ensure the team achieves the goal of the season which still remains to be getting promoted,” said the former Thika United coach.
