Mara Sugar emerged the biggest victors in Saturday’s National Super League (NSL) matches following an emphatic 6-0 win over SS Assad at Awendo Green Stadium.With no Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) action over the weekend, the NSL took center stage with matches spread across the country.The highlight of the day was at Awendo where Mara recorded their biggest win of the season to better point tally to stay put in the promotion race.Today’s FKF National Super League Results Nairobi United 1-0 Dimba PatriotsMara Sugar 6-0 SS AssadMathare United 1-0 Luanda VillaKibera Black Stars 0-1 MCF#FootballKE pic.twitter.com/isrvPstXCX— Luhya_Dollar (@Dollar__SM) March 23, 2024 The returning captain Mohammed Baraza got the proceedings underway with a bullet header from Joseph Okwenda cross inside four minutes before doubling the Sugar Men lead twelve minutes later.On his full debut since crossing over from Luanda Villa, Mike Isabwa raced from his preferred right wing to slot home a third for Benedict Wanjala’s men with five minutes left to the breather.After the restart, determined to kill the game, Wanjala threw in James Olweny and Yusuf Ochieng while resting Samuel Odaro and Isabwa.Olweny needed twenty minutes in the field to net Mara’s fourth in the 76th minute before Assad’s custodian Said Ngare was shown a straight red card for denying Juma a clear goal-scoring opportunity.Mara utilised the ten-man advantage to inflate more pain to the sinking Sea Lions boat with Okwenda adding a fifth in the 85th minute and Ochieng rounded up scores with a thunderbolt strike in the 88th minute.The win took Mara to fourth on 47 points, two behind promotion places.Mwandaru reveals reason behind Somali Premier League moveMathare United 1-0 Luanda VillaAt Kasarani Annex, Mathare United battled to a hard-fought 1-0 win against Luanda Villa with Dan Odhiambo scoring the solitary goal.The slum boyz in their first match since the departure of coach Leonard Odipo appeared a pale shadow of the team in recent matches as they struggled to create chances in most parts of the game.However, a miscommunication in Villa’s defense gave Meshack Ochieno a chance to overlap via the left flank before setting up Odhiambo for a tap in an empty net.Elsewhere, at Mpesa Foundation, Nairobi United were back to winning ways humbling Dimba Patriots 1-0 thanks to Henry Omolo’s eleventh strike of the season##NAJAVA_MECA_7975763##It was the first time in three attempts that the Naiboi’s had got the better part of the Patriots.The win took Nairobi third tied on 49 points with second-placed Mathare, who, however, are outdone by their inferior goal difference.At Vapor Grounds, MCF FC rejuvenation in the second leg continued with a 1-0 win over Kibera Black Stars to climb two steps on the ladder.Vincent Nyaberi’s troops now sit fourteenth on the log with 27 points.
