Mathews tips Gor Mahia to retain league title despite poor start

Gor Mahia keeper Gad Mathews says their midweek win over Kakamega Homeboyz is a sign of good things to come in their quest for their 22nd league title.The defending champions delivered a dominant performance, defeating Kakamega Homeboyz 2-0 at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on Wednesday.The win saw K’Ogalo bag maximum points for the third time in the 2024-25 FKF Premier League season and futher, halted their four-match winless streak.The three points saw Gor Mahia move to ten points closer to table toppers KCB and six places higher in the standings.##NAJAVA_MECA_8529152##”We had a wild start to this year’s season, but the win over Homeboyz is the beginning of good things to come. I believe the display represents a turnaround in our performance,” he said.Gor had one of the slow starts in the season as the team found itself languishing in the lower half of the log after more than five rounds into the campaign.The poor start claimed coach Leonardo Neiva’s job with his assistants Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno and Michael Nam succeeding him on the interim.Harambee Stars overtaken by Tanzania in latest FIFA Rankings”We were under tremendous pressure to end our terrible run and bad start to the season.The Homeboyz victory is a great result, and we can finally breathe a sigh of relief,” said Mathews.Meanwhile, the former Kisumu All Stars custodian hopes to win the ‘Golden Glove’ this season.Masoud Juma joins Pitso Mosimane’s side in IranThe former Wazito man has three clean sheets, three off Bandari’s Bryne Omondi.”Right now, my focus is on working extremely hard to catch up to Bandari’s Omondi and potentially contend for the coveted award,” he disclosed.

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