Vihiga United have enriched their chances of a top ten finish after making a comeback to edge out Coastal Heroes 4-3 at the Mbaraki Sports Club in Mombasa.The hard-fought win, their fourth in the campaign, takes the financially struggling team a place up on the log.Coastal teams are known for capitalizing on home advantages and skin opponents alive and that is the exact script Heroes appeared to be reading from as they led 3-1 at half time.##NAJAVA_MECA_7161267##However, Vihiga recovered, halved the deficit and found the winner to exit Mbaraki with three points in their bag.Heroes took the lead in the 18th minute through Ramadhan Salim.Ramadhan Mwanzia doubled their advantage six minutes later and would seal his brace in the added minutes of the first half.James Mazembe confident of regaining form at City StarsFollowing the two goals he struck, Mwanzia took his overall tally to eight goals in the campaign.Vihiga’s comeback was heavily inspired by Amos Kigadi as he scored in the dying seconds of the first half before netting the second hardly a minute after restart.The former Posta Rangers forward completed his hat-trick after kissing the back of the net in the 55th minute, a goal that saw the visitors draw level.Vihiga had Mark Okola to thank as his goal in the 57th minute won the team maximum points.Elsewhere, Naivas FC bid to scale to the third slot suffered a blow after losing 1-0 to Mwatate United at the Camp Toyoyo grounds in Nairobi.Gor Mahia boss McKinstry under no pressure as title race hots upNaivas were looking to humble the visiting team and leap three places up but were stunned by Robinson Joshua who struck the winner in the 18th minute.Meanwhile, the clash pitting Gusii against Kajiado has been postponed to Sunday after it was rained off.The duel was supposed to have been played today at Gusii Stadium but the torrential rains rendered the surface unplayable.
