Harambee Stars midfielder Richard Odada was an unused substitute in Dundee United’s 4-3 loss to Motherwell in a Scottish Premiership match played at Fir Park on Saturday.Odada has had to contend with second-half cameos in recent months thanks to the sky-high competition for game time at the club he joined in July.The midfielder has failed to make it to Dundee’s first team in more than ten matches, illustrating the kind of competition he has been struggling to beat.Motherwell, who are considered one of the biggest clubs in Celtic, were on target, against Dundee, through; Apostolos Stametelopoulos who netted twice, Andrew Halliday, and Thomas Sparrow.##NAJAVA_MECA_8576435##Samuel Dalby was also on target twice for Dundee with Louis Moult adding the third goal.Similarly, Stars goalkeeper Ian Otieno was also unused in Richards Bay’s 1-0 win over Golden Arrows in a South African top-tier match played at the Mpumalanga Stadium.STARS ABROAD: Kenyan duo earn draws in Romania and EnglandUgandan goalkeeper Salim Magoola was preferred ahead of the former AFC Leopards, who has been riding on top of his game since joining the South African side from Zambia’s Zesco United.Lindokuhle Zhikali scored the all-important goal for Richards Bay in the 75th minute.While Odada and Otieno watched proceedings from the substitutes bench, Stars right back Daniel Anyembe missed action as side Viborg fell 2-1 to Randers in a Danish top-tier game played at Viborg Arena.In Zambia, defensive midfielder John Ochieng played for 64 minutes as Zanaco were held by ten-man Mufulira Wanderers to a barren draw at Shinde Stadium.Michael Olunga on whether he will pursue engineering after football retirementOchieng was replaced by Thomas Banda as Zanaco sought to bring in attack-minded players, and capitalize on their numerical advantage to secure maximum points.The former Gor Mahia man was also a caution away from getting marching orders having had his name taken by the referee in the 59th minute for bad tackle.
