Gor Mahia announced the parting of ways with Brazilian head coach Leonardo Neiva on Wednesday 13 November after a string of poor results.Neiva became the third FKF Premier League manager to be dismissed after Kakamega Homeboyz’ Ken Kenyatta and Shabana’s Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omollo before even 10 rounds of matches.According to a source who spoke to Mozzart Sport, Neiva was sacked over what is understood to be a failure to convince Gor Mahia’s executive committee that he had a concrete strategy to turn results around.Michael Olunga wins award in QatarWe therefore take a look at the former Vipers coach’s record at K’Ogalo during his four-month tenure at the club.The former Yanga tactician was appointed to lead the 21-time league champions on Monday 1 July 2024 with his first assignment being the CECAFA Kagame Cup.The Brazilian’s tenure started on a sour note after he lost nine days later to Red Arrows by a solitary goal. His second match in charge was a stalemate against ASAS before losing the third against Al-Hilal Omdurman thus exiting the competition at the group stage.##NAJAVA_MECA_8494769##Up next was the much coveted CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary round against South Sudan’s El Merreikh Bentiu where he lost the first leg away in Juba but produced his best result in Gor Mahia colours winning 5-1 in the return leg at Nyayo Stadium.The league’s defending champions then proceeded to the second round to face African champions Al Ahly. Neiva lost both the home and away matches 3-0, exciting the competition and the tie without scoring a goal.Focus shifted to the FKF Premier League as K’Ogalo started their title defense. The former Al-Merrikh coach won his first two games against Mathare United and Posta Rangers before going four games without a win.Why Gor Mahia sacked coach NeivaGor Mahia fans seemed to have lost trust in him when they went after him on Saturday 2 November after he threw a 2-0 halftime lead against Murang’a Seal with the game ending in a draw after Elly Saenyi scored a last-minute equalizer.He faced the same fate on Wednesday 6 November in Ukunda when he lost 2-0 to Bandari in what was his last match in charge of Gor Mahia.In the FKF Premier League, he was in charge for six matches with the results equally distributed in terms of wins, draws and losses. His win percentage standing at 33.33%##NAJAVA_MECA_8494829##The stats are even worse if you consider the total number of matches where he was in charge in the dugout. Of the 13 matches, he won only three, drew three and lost seven of them with his win percentage being 23.1% – unacceptable statistics at Gor Mahia.Summary StatisticsTotal Matches in charge – 13Win – 3Draw – 3Lose – 7Win percentage – 23.1%FKF PL Matches – 6Win – 2Draw – 2Lose -2With such statistics, his destiny could only lead in one direction, a sack.
