Mathare United tactician Boniface Omondi opines that there is still a lot of work to do in his backline to avoid conceding and set the team in the trajectory to record their first win of the season.The Slum Boys are bottom of the log with just one point picked from the one-all draw with Posta Rangers at Kasarani Annex and have one of the worst defensive records in the division this campaign.##NAJAVA_MECA_6946176##In just six matches, they have let in 16 goals, with only Nairobi City Stars and Talanta FC conceding more with 17 each although the two have played more matches than Mathare.Mathare United have averaged one goal per match this season, same as Gor Mahia and Sofapaka.They boast a better scoring average than Nairobi City Stars, Wazito, AFC Leopards, Bandari, and Posta Rangers who have averaged less than a goal per match. #FKFPL📸 @MathareUtd pic.twitter.com/2PjAf4Ompv— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) January 20, 2023 Omondi, who was appointed at the start of the campaign to lead Mathare United believes that they will be on course to bagging maximum points once they sort our their defending.”We need to work more on defending because our strikers are scoring. If we can score, then we should be able to defend well. We are conceding from lack of concentration in the backline every time and I feel that if we work on that we will get something. In every other game this season we conceded in the first half but in the match, everything worked until Lennox (Ogutu) came off and we let in a goal almost immediately. We lost 3-2 in the previous game, the most recent one we lost 2-1 so we are getting there,” the tactician said.Further, he pointed out the fact that they have scored in every game that they have played this season except one shows that they have what it takes to win matches, provided they avoid conceding.Mathare confident of avoiding relegation after three years of close shavesThe 4-0 defeat to Sofapaka was the only game that the 3008 champions failed to score.”We are scoring in every game but we end up losing the match but we continue to push ourselves. The reality is dawning on the players and it showed in the match against AFC Leopards, more so in the second half, they pushed hard and got a goal,” he added.
