Mombasa Elite’s poor run in the National Super League (NSL) continued on Saturday afternoon after they succumbed to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of promotion hopefuls Mara Sugar in a league match played at Serani Sports Club in Mombasa. The defeat extends Mombasa Elite’s winless streak to four matches.After a closely contested opening stanza, the Millers got their goals in a span of ten minutes with former Murang’a Seal midfielder Erick Sinje and fullback Joseph Okwenda on the scoresheet.##NAJAVA_MECA_7958048##The Sugar Men were close to opening the scoring in the fifteenth minute but former Silibwet Leons skipper Brian Ochieng’s header was tipped for a corner by his former teammate Richard Ebenyo to keep the scores level.Emmanuel Chagwe was close to giving the Phelix Ogutu instructed team the lead but his shot landed comfortably into the waiting hands of Felix Adoyo who joined the Millers at the start of the season from Kisumu All Stars.Mara got the game’s initial goal in the 52nd minute through Sinje who connected a Michael Isabwa cross leaving Ebenyo haplessSeven minutes later, Okwenda raced to Woodvine Okoth’s cross, who was making a return at Serani after severing ties with Elite this January, to double Benedict Wanjala’s charges lead and secure all the points for the top flight-thirsty side.NSL: Naivas dispatch Mombasa Stars to extend lead at the top as Luanda Villa pile more misery on misfiring Silibwet LeonsThe match, however, did not affect the standing with Mara remaining in fourth place with 44 points, one behind third-placed Nairobi United while Mombasa are stagnant at seventeenth place on 20 points, a point above the drop zone.Elsewhere, Darajani Gogo came from a goal down to dispatch Kajiado FC 2-1 at the Ildamat Stadium with goals from Edmond Bala and Anwar Shamun who taunted his former employers Kajiado with a late-minute winner.The win lifted Gogo to fifth on the log with 38 points after 23 matches while Kajiado occupied 15th place with 21 points.Okatch confident of Muhoroni Youth’s survivalAt the Wolves Den in Kajiado, Kisumu All Stars and Dimba Patriots got a share of the spoils after playing out to a one-all draw.The National Super League continues on Sunday with four matches on the cards.National Super League Saturday ResultsNaivas 4-1 Mombasa StarsLuanda Villa 3-1 Silibwet FCMombasa Elite 0-2 Mara Sugar Dimba Patriots 1-1 Kisumu All Stars Kajiado FC 1-2 Darajani Gogo#FootballKE#NSL2024 pic.twitter.com/Qp1lDTjquf— Brian Odhiambo (@Odhiambo_Brian1) March 16, 2024
