The FKF Women Premier League (WPL) match week 18 goes down this weekend with three matches lined up today, Saturday 29 March 2024 across different parts of the country.Holders Kenya Police Bullets return to league action after a three weeks hiatus where they find themselves dislodged from the summit of the league table and with increased pressure to win matches.Title-chasing Ulinzi Starlets will also be in action today and so is relegation-threatened Mombasa Olympic whose survival chances get slimmer by the day and must change that.##NAJAVA_MECA_8812670##Prior to today’s matches, Kibera Soccer Women lead the 12 team pack with 37 points after 17 rounds of matches. Police are second with 33 points, same as third placed Vihiga Queens though the former have a game in hand with Ulinzi Starets at fourth with 30 points to their name.At the other end of the table, Bunyore Starets at 10th occupy the first relegation slot with 12 points as Mombasa Olympic take the other with 10 points but with a game in hand. The two join Wadadia who were already relegated after issuing three walkovers.Bungoma Queens vs Zetech Sparks Kenyan goalkeeper keen on sealing continental football with South African clubAt the Bungoma National Polytechnic, fifth-placed Bungoma Queens welcome sixth-placed varsity side Zetech Sparks from 1200 hrs.With both teams practically out of the title race and safe from the drop, they will all be keen to improve on their points tally, bragging rights and to finish the league in a better position than they are currently.When the two sides met on 23 November 2024, Bungoma managed a 3-1 away to Zetech and they will be looking to have a double over them while Zeech would be targeting revenge after the first leg humiliation.##NAJAVA_MECA_8812237##With just one point separating the two sides, a win for the home side will open the gap to four points while Zetech have a chance to leapfrog Bungoma Queens if they can squeeze an away win.Trinity Starlets vs Ulinzi StarletsTrinity Starlets will lock horns with Ulinzi Starlets at the Trinity Complex in Gilgil from 1200 hrs with the military outfit having everything to lose in the match.TACTICAL ANALYSIS: Defensive struggles at play as City Stars host SharksPrior to the match, Ulinzi sit fourth on the table with 30 points and seven shy of league leaders Kibera Soccer and therefore cannot afford to drop points if they still harbor any hopes of lifting the title this season.Trinity on the other hand would want to pay the home crowd for the support with a win over the military women an increase on their 21 points tally that gave them at seventh.In their first leg meeting on 24 November 2024, Trinity held Ulinzi to a 2-2 draw making today’s clash even harder for both sides.##NAJAVA_MECA_8812234##Mombasa Olympic vs Kenya Police BulletsFrom 1300 hrs at the Makande Primary School ground in Mombasa, Mombasa Olympic will battle with Kenya Police Bullets who will be in league action for the first time in three weeks.The match will have a convergence of ambitions, to take home the three points but a divergence of motivation; one side fighting for their lives to remain on the league while the other looking to reclaim the league title that would guarantee them a place in continental football.Harambee Stars defender secures transfer to Azerbaijani sideWith four points already separating Police with league leaders Kibera Soccer albeit with a game in hand The Law Enforcers must win to increase their chances of winning the league as Olympic continue with their relegation fight.In the first leg encounter on 24 November 2024, the two could not find a goal nor a winner and ended in a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes.Olympic are winless in over five of their last games while Police have not stated defeat in the same period of time.League leaders Kibera Soccer Women will be in action tomorrow, Sunday 30 March in a top of the table clash with Vihiga United.
