Gor Mahia inched closer to lifting the FKF Premier League by defeating relegation-threatened Shabana FC 1-0 in an FKF PL match staged at Mambo Leo Stadium in Kisumu on Saturday afternoon.Heading into the game, K’Ogalo needed the three points to close in on their record-extending 21st title while Shabana, battling for survival, aimed to prolong their recently discovered fine form in the league.##NAJAVA_MECA_8094755##The league leaders had a chance to go ahead in the 26th minute when they were awarded a penalty. League top scorer Benson Omala stepped forward to take it, but he missed the target, shooting wide. Nine minutes later, he found the back of the net to put Gor ahead, marking his 15th goal of the campaign and opening a two-goal buffer at the top of the scorers’ chart.Shabana believed they should have had a penalty late in the first half when Justin Omwando’s freekick appeared to strike a Gor Mahia player’s arm inside the area, but the ref waved play off despite protests from Shabana players. The record league champions took a narrow league to the break.The Glamour Boys showed improvement after the interval but could not find an equalizer and remained on the wrong end of the table. Next for Gor is a game against KCB. Shabana FC, on the other hand, will host relegation-threatened FC Talanta in Homabay.At the Mumias Sports Complex, Nzoia Sugar and KCB played out a 1-1 draw, a result that didn’t benefit either side much.The Millers, rock bottom in the log, needed the points to boost their slim hopes of remaining in the league while KCB, enduring a torrid run in recent weeks, needed the points to avoid being dragged to the wrong end of the log as they were just seven points off the relegation places heading into the game.Fifteen minutes in, Nzoia got the much-needed opener through Obed Khakina, but the joy was short-lived as Henry Onyango drew the Bankers level ten minutes later, setting up a closely fought remaining game which eventually ended in a one-all stalemate.
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