Nairobi City Stars will be aiming to skin AFC Leopards alive at Nyayo Stadium on Monday and maintain their top-flight status with three games to go in the 2022/2023 Football Kenya Federation Premier League.Sitting in 15th position on the log, the Nicholas Muyoti coached side know a win will take them ten points above the relegation places, and with only three games to go afterwards, a victory would mean closest challengers Wazito will have no mathematical chance of catching up with them.NEXT UP ▶▶MATCH | #31🗓 | Monday 29th MayAFC Leopards 🆚 City Stars FC🏆 | Fkf-PL⏰ | 1500hrs🏟 | Nyayo Stadium,#simbawanairobi pic.twitter.com/36eApoy6JE— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) May 22, 2023 The Kawangware based side will be hoping, their six-match unbeaten streak (2W 4D) will be a source of motivation in their quest to beat the drop when they take on an Ingwe side reeling from their disappointing 2-1 defeat against Kakamega Homeboyz in the Mozzart Bet Cup semifinal that consequently, ended their hopes of returning to continental football.Speaking ahead of the match, midfielder Vincent Owino has backed his team to be more ruthless in front of goal, an area that has been their Achilles heel but that has since been worked on.“As a team, we are working on how we will utilize our chances to score more goals. Lately, we have been creating many chances but we fail to utilize them. We have since worked on that and I am confident in our next game against AFC Leopards we will convert better and win the game,” he is quoted on the club’s website.##NAJAVA_MECA_7289638##City Stars have been handed a boost for the game as the trio of Anthony ‘Muki’ Kimani, Mohamed Bajaber and goalkeeper Elvis Ochoro will be available for the clash.Muki and Bajaber make their return to the Simba wa Nairobi fold after sitting out the last four games against Kakamega Homeboyz, Tusker, Ulinzi Stars, and Bandari.Matano throws jibe at Gor Mahia’s style of play in wake of barren draw in the clash of titansOn the other hand, Patrick Aussems have little to play for after seeing their cup hopes vanquished by Homeboyz.Leopards are placed seventh with 45 points, twenty behind log leading Tusker, the twelve time Kenyan champions are staring down another unsuccessful season.With four games till the end of their season, perhaps their biggest motivation could be finishing better than their 49-point tally last season that saw them take sixth spot on the log table.H2H: From the previous 23 games, Leopards has registered ten to seven wins over City Stars, while the other six games have ended in draws.The match kicks off at 1500EAT.
