Nairobi City Stars goalkeepers’ trainer, Abel Omuhaya, has partly credited the club’s recent positive run to the data-driven decisions the technical bench has been making.City Stars kicked off the season on the wrong footing but have since recovered and are currently the most in-form team in the competition.Simba wa Nairobi have won their last five league rounds, rising from the bottom half of the log to the top five bracket.##NAJAVA_MECA_7781610##Omuhaya, best known as Abelo, said relying on numbers has been an eye-opener for the club.“You can never argue with statistics. The figures tell it all. After every few games, we sit down with the management to look at the captured stats during our league games. They are detailed and very revealing,” he said in an interview with club media.Miheso tips Leopards to claw Ulinzi Stars on SundaySpeaking of the goalkeeping department, Omuhaya said the choice of the custodian to man the goal on match days is purely determined by statistics.“In my goalkeeping department, I always have a key look at claims, runouts, throw-outs, long and short goal kicks, as well as saves from situations that inform me on who is the right personnel for an upcoming game.Overall, as the technical bench, we look at parameters that relate to other departments in the same manner, which guides us on how to utilize players in games. It has worked well for the team,” added OmuhayaOmuhaya, a former Tusker and AFC Leopards keeper, amongst other clubs, joined Nairobi City Stars at the beginning of the 2022–2023 season from Kakamega Homeboyz and extended his stay for the current season.FKFPL: Jolawi Obondo to remain Gor Mahia Operations ManagerIn his first season, Omuhaya worked with goalkeepers Jacob Osano and Stephen Njunge, as well as Elvis Ochoro, who stayed on for the current season.Ochoro has since been joined by Edwin Mukolwe and Julius Ombacho from Bidco United and Luanda Villa, respectively, for the current season.
