Nzoia Sugar inch closer to relegation after suffering heavy defeat to Sharks

Nzoia Sugar have made yet another step in the wrong direction after bowing 3-0 to Kariobangi Sharks at the Police Sacco Grounds.Heading to the game, Nzoia hopes to win the encounter and breathe life into their slowly dying survival hopes but have instead, inched closer to a return to the National Super League.The bottom-placed side, which was on the lips of many last seasons for the right reasons, trails Shabana by seven points pending the outcome of the league clash pitting the Glamour Boys against Kakamega Homeboyz.Nzoia had an impressive start in the game to the extent that they managed to frustrate Sharks to a barren draw in the first half and even created chances in the stanza.##NAJAVA_MECA_8045140##They picked from where they left off in the first half when centre referee Israel Mpaima signaled for the start of the final half and matched Sharks well.Trouble began as soon as Elisha Wekesa was sent off in the 58th minute for a second bookable offence as Sharks took advantage of the numerical advantage and turned the tie in their favour.The experienced Mark Makwata broke the deadlock in the 66th minute, connecting a low cross from Steve Biko.Kakamega Homeboyz trio return ahead of Shabana contestThree minutes later, Geoffrey Onyango doubled the advantage with Stanely Wilson netting the third in the third goal in the 71st minute.Following the loss, Nzoia, who managed a top-four finish last season, will hope that Shabana and Muhoroni Youth will falter to keep their hopes of surviving alive.The result, on the other hand, takes Sharks, who were flirting with relegation a couple of weeks ago, to the top half of the log.Sour morning for Mayaka as Legacy suffers defeat to Orlando City BMeanwhile, Bidco United registered their ninth win of the season after edging Posta Rangers 1-0 at Thika Stadium.Bidco who were coming off a 1-1 draw against Bandari secured maximum points courtesy of Samuel Ndungu’s first-half strike.The result sees Posta register their sixth successive loss.

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