Mathare United will be hoping to kick start their 2022/23 Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) campaign on a high when they host the high-flying Nzoia Sugar at the Utalii Grounds on Thursday afternoon.While the Slum Boys will be playing their first match of the season, the Sugar Millers will be gunning for a win that will propel them to second on the log, and could even thrust them higher to the top of the table if Tusker loses to KCB.However, they shocked Kenya Police FC in a friendly match played on Saturday, winning 4-3 courtesy of goals by Curtis Wekesa, Augustine Kuta, Donald Ange, and Chris Owino.Mathare United appoint Boniface Omondi as new head coach ahead of league returnThe Salim Babu-coached side have had a decent start to their season, winning three of the five matches that they have played so far in the season, drawing one, and losing only once to Gor Mahia in the opener at Nyayo Stadium.After their first visit to the capital ended in a disappointing 1-0 defeat to the record Kenyan champions, they made amends in their next one as they dispatched KCB at Kasarani and they will be hoping to do so against Mathare.##NAJAVA_MECA_6903573##the fresh-look Mathare have their work cut out in this match, and have a lot to make the new lease of life handed to them count.The club temporarily closed shop in April after halting the training sessions and allowing the players who were at their disposal by then to seek employment elsewhere and had to go back to the drawing board after it was confirmed that they would be playing in the top flight once again, roping in new players to blend with some that remained as well a new coach.Nzoia confident of win over rusty Mathare UnitedAhead of the match, Salim Babu is calling upon his charges to take the same morale and fighting spirit his side has shown so far in the league but at the same time remains cautious with the fact that Mathare have had so much time in their hands to prepare and could be unpredictable.
