A double-header at the Ulinzi Sports Complex, Lang’ata will unwind the third round of Football Kenya Federation Premier League action, with three matches set to be played on Saturday afternoon, and three more on Sunday.Kenya Police FC will curtain raise Lang’ata action as they host Kakamega Homeboyz at 2 PM, with Ulinzi Stars taking on Posta Rangers later at 4 PM as Sofapaka make the trip to Sudi hoping to register their first win of the season.##NAJAVA_MECA_6864271##While Police will be looking for their maiden win of the season after sitting out last weekend and having lost the opening round to KCB, Homeboyz come into the match seeking to build on their win over the same KCB last weekend.Weekend Menu 🍽️Top of the table @tusker_fc host @AFCLeopards as @UlinziStarsFC and @kenyapolicefc flex at the Ulinzi Sports Complex.What are your predictions?#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/ZvXKhghrVs— FKF Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) December 2, 2022 Ahead of the match, Police have been handed a shot in the arm with reports that Duke Abuya could be available for selection as well as the timely return of Patillah Omoto, Reagan Otieno, and David Okoth from the treatment room.Police lost the former Kariobangi Sharks midfielder during the opener but according to the club’s head coach Samuel ‘Pamzo’ Omollo, the player who joined the club from Kariobangi Sharks in July is fit enough to be selected for duty against the visiting Abana Abeingo.In the second match, the Soldiers will also be hunting for their maiden points after losing their opening two matches to AFC Leopards and Kariobangi Sharks, this time coming up against Posta Rangers who will be playing the second match.Statistics give glimmers of hope to a stuttering but well facilitated Ulinzi StarsThe Mailmen picked a point after playing to a barren draw with Sofapaka at Ruaraka last weekend and they will be hoping to build on to that draw, with a good playing surface coming into play according to their coach John Kamau.”We have a good ground and that will help us play by building from the back, advance, and get service to our attackers which we missed in our first game,” Kamau said.His opposite from Ulinzi’s camp Bernard Mwalala has called for calm from all quarters after a slow start and remains optimistic that the team will turn around the results in no time, perhaps even starting with this match.Mwalala calls for calm as he seeks to steady Ulinzi ship“We have made mistakes in our opening two games but there are also improvements because in the first game we did not score but in the second game we got two goals. The goals we have let in are cheap, we have rewarded our opponents with easy goals. We have to work on our defensive shape and also on the lapses, we have to remain focused from the first to the last minute.I call everyone at the club to rally behind the team. The management, the fans, and each and everyone should be behind the team and I believe it is just a matter of time before we turn things around. I have full confidence in my squad, I know what needs to change and we are going to work on it to ensure that the team returns to winning ways,” he said.Elsewhere, the duo of Nzoia Sugar and Sofapaka will be gunning for maiden wins of the season when they lock horns at the Sudi Stadium, Bungoma.The game was initially set to be played on Sunday but was brought forward by a day. Both teams lost their opening matches before fighting for a point in the subsequent game.##NAJAVA_MECA_6865740##Nzoia fell to Gor Mahia in the opener before holding Bandari in the second game while Sofapaka bowed to the latter and went on to share points with Posta Rangers in the following fixture.Nzoia head coach Salim Babu challenged his blunt forward line to unleash its beast mode and bang goals for the first time this season. The sugarmen are yet to score a goal in the campaign.Additional Reporting by Kisenge Meshack
