The biggest club rivalry pitting AFC Leopards against their nemesis Gor Mahia will be staged at the Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi.According to the immediate former Kenya Police FC coach and former Gor Mahia defender Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omollo, K’Ogalo will continue their splendid run in the fixture.CHAN 2022: Ghana take on Niger as Mozambique face Madagascar in last quarters action”They are doing well in the league and Omalla is in top form. That’s a plus for Gor Mahia,” Pamzo told Mozzart Sport.K’Ogalo have won four of their last five games in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League, (FKFPL) compared to Ingwe three over the same number of matches.##NAJAVA_MECA_6983999##Omalla, currently on ten goals, is the league’s leading top scorer and is enjoying the form of his life.But most importantly for Pamzo, the derby is always won on the mental strength of players, a factor that the Leopards side lack, according to him.”It’s a mental thing. What I’ve come to realize in the past years is that Leopards players are weak mentally when they’re facing Gor Mahia, and normally Gor players take advantage of that to prevail upon them.They played a good game against Police on Wednesday and won, but watch them against Gor Mahia tomorrow (Sunday) and you will notice what I’m saying,” added Pamzo.Former Harambee Stars and AFC Leopards striker Boniface Ambani disagrees with Pamzo’s prediction. He holds that Ingwe are equally on a roll, and will finally break the seven-year winless streak against K’Ogalo.Ambani played for Leopards the last time they won the league in 1998.”Leopards will win this time. The morale is very high among players since they won in Mombasa against Bandari, and followed it up with another victory against Police FC on Wednesday. Those wins have given them a boost.”#MashemejiDerby Weekend,Sunday tutokeeni Nyayo National Stadium tu support team zetu. gani kali kati ya @AFCLeopards na @OfficialGMFC ?#Ingwe 🐆 pic.twitter.com/jEqjUPbq92— Victor Wanyama (@VictorWanyama) January 27, 2023 Yet, former Harambee Stars and Mathare United coach Francis Kimanzi sees a stalemate tomorrow but is quick to add that the game will be entertaining.”Looking at the two teams currently, they are enjoying good form in the league and playing good football, so predicting a win is hard…what I see is a draw, but the match will be entertaining.Mukangula confident of Leopards’ triumph over Gor mahiaFor Gor Mahia, they have a hit man in Omalla (Benson), any slight chance he can score, but also for Leopards, in as much as they don’t have a target man in front, they play as a unit and can pass the ball around and can score from set pieces,” said Kimanzi.In the past 91 meetings between the two giants, Gor Mahia boasts 31 wins against Leopards’ 27. 33 of the encounters have ended in a draw.
