Sammy Okoth’s high flying Shabana recorded their fifth consecutive victory on Wednesday afternoon when they beat Naivas FC 1-0 at the Gusii Stadium to move a step closer towards securing their return back to the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL).In the Round 27 clash, Peter Ogechi’s first half strike is all that Tore Bobe needed as they managed to seal all the three points from the encounter, taking their tally to 54 points for the season in their opening twenty seven matches played so far (W17 D3 L4).
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Prior to the match, both teams were high in confidence as Shabana were on a four-match winning streak while Naivas, who sat in position six just six points adrift the promotion places, had won their last two matches.It is Shabana who however got the telling touch in front of goal on the 23rd minute when Ogechi pounced to score what went on to become the match winner in the clash.Full-time Shabana FC 1-0 Naivas Shabana are 3.5 wins away from earning promotion. #NSL pic.twitter.com/h9P8PZeK0m— Ole Teya (@TeyaKevin) May 10, 2023 Migori Youth 2-1 Mara Sugar Elsewhere, another promotion chasing side in Migori Youth managed to tighten their grip in third spot – the automatic/relegation playoff spot – following their 2-1 win over chasing Mara Sugar.Migori only had one point separating them from fifth placed Mara Sugar prior to the match but the hard fought win afforded them some breathing room as it put an unmwanted dent to Mara Sugar’s charge for the top three places in the second tier.
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