AFC Leopards will on Saturday afternoon play host to Posta Rangers in an FKF Premier League tie at the Nyayo National Stadium as both teams go all out in search of three valuable points.Heading to week five actions, both teams have featured in three league matches. Leopards have a win, a draw, and a defeat while the mail-men have two draws and a defeat and it is a match that Ingwe will be seeking their second win of the campaign while Posta are eyeing their maiden triumph.##NAJAVA_MECA_6894761##Leopards have been handed a massive boost heading to the game as four of their players, who had initially been locked out by FIFA have been cleared to play. Musa Oundo, Cliff Nyakeya, Victor Omune, and Josphat Lopaga who had initially not been registered are free to feature after FIFA okayed their inclusion in Ingwe squad. Their registration had initially not been completed owing to a FIFA transfer ban that Leopards are currently serving.Last season, Ingwe completed a double over the mail-men. They won the first leg 1-0 before downing them 3-1 in the second leg. The last time Posta defeated AFC Leopards was in January 2020 when Posta got a stoppage-time goal to win 2-1.Ahead of the game Leopards, assistant captain Peter Thiong’o says the goal is to get maximum points. “We have trained well and everyone is focused. We want to win and we are definitely going to do our best to make the fans happy. We dropped points against Sofapaka and we are going to do our best on Saturday to get the job done,” he said.Posta midfielder Brian Musa opines that their first win of the season is long overdue. “We have been working hard to get our first win of the season and hopefully we will get one on Saturday,”.Nzoia Sugar vs Nairobi City StarsFIFA hands AFC Leopards a lifeline, clears four to playAt the Sudi Stadium in Bungoma, Nzoia Sugar FC will welcome Nairobi City Stars in a tie that both teams will be out to get maximum points from.Proud Morocco are about to make one last step to gloryNzoia, third in the log with seven points got an important win a week ago against KCB in a match that they came from a goal down to win. City Stars on the other hand have just one point after four matches; they earned the point from the 0-0 draw against Posta Rangers a week ago after three straight defeats.It is a match that Nzoia coach Salim Babu made it clear that he wants to bag maximum points from.Elsewhere, the duo of Bidco United and KCB will be looking to redeem themselves from their last weekend losses when they lock horns at Thika Stadium.Bidco lost 1-0 to champions Tusker at the same time venue while KCB went down fighting 2-1 to Nzoia Sugar at the Kasarani Stadium.The hosts who had also suffered a 2-1 loss to Gor Mahia in round two will be looking for their second win of the season while the bankers will be in hunt for their third.##NAJAVA_MECA_6894763##Meanwhile, Kakamega Homeboyz will be looking for their first home win when they host FC Talanta at the Bukhungu Stadium.Homeboyz are yet to give their home fans something to celebrate about as the two matches played at the venue have seen them fail to gather maximum points. The team lost 1-0 to Tusker before playing Ulinzi Stars to a 1-1 draw.Abana Abeingo host Talanta who have had a week to forget about as the players reportedly downed their tools in protest for delayed payments.At the Ulinzi Sports Complex, Lang’ata, Ulinzi Stars welcome winless Sofapaka in another match slated for Saturday starting at 3 PM EAT, a serene venue that treats you to a free airshow courtesy of small aircrafts approaching Wilson Airport.While the Soldiers bounced back from a two back-to-back losses at the start of the campaign to win and draw in their last two matches, Batoto Ba Mungu are yet to collect maximum points this season having lost twice and drawn twice.The fixture has in the recent past not been in favor of the David Ouma-coached side, their last win against Ulinzi coming in August 2018, although four of the last seven matches since then have ended in draws, the rest being in favor of Ulinzi.##NAJAVA_MECA_6895337##Nevertheless, the one-time champions are brimming with confidence after edging AFC Leopards on penalties to clinch the Jamhuri Day Cup after a 1-1 stalemate in regular time, which counted as a draw in the league, and their tactician is upbeat that their first victory of the season will be plucked from the Soldiers although he admits it will not be a walk in the park.So far, Hillary Simiyu and Boniface Muchiri have scored all goals for Ulinzi this season, the former leading with three while the latter has one and the two will offer attacking threat against Sofapaka.
