Shabana FC’s recent struggles continued Sunday afternoon as they were held to a barren draw by Mathare United at Gusii Stadium.Shabana came into the side on the back of a chastening defeat to relegation-threatened Posta Rangers last weekend, and playing against another team battling the drop, failed to find a way past the impressive Michael Wanyika.Fulltime: Shabana Fc 0-0 Mathare UnitedWe share the spoils. pic.twitter.com/M5oGIoxAr2— Shabana Fc Kenya (@Shabanafckenya) February 16, 2025 From the first whistle, the former Bandari keeper was on top form, getting his body to anything that came in his direction, and effectively securing the Slum Boys a valuable point that now pulls them out of the red zone.John Kamau’s side lies 14th after 20 games, while Shabana, with their eighth draw this season, are down to eighth with 29 points.Hosts Shabana were from the get-go the most adventurous side as they twice came close to finding the opener, only for their past failures to show.##NAJAVA_MECA_8711172##A long punt upfront left striker Denis Okoth with arguably an easy task of scooping past Wanyika, only for the Shabana striker to smack his fourth-minute strike straight to the keeper’s body.Okoth was the culprit two minutes later, when he failed to direct a Darius Msagha cross to the net.Chances for Shabana often came from crosses, but those were either met by Wanyika, or a frail Shabana header that added to much of the recent discontentment at Gusii.Why Spain-born star nearly exited Harambee Stars camp in 2019 AFCON finalsMathare, who lost Peter Oudu early on to injury, got their only decent sight at goal from new signing Donald Ange, but his hurried effort was not enough to trouble Maxwell Mulili.Brian Ouru also had a crack from a distance that was saved.Shabana, on the other end, kept threatening, and saw multiple chances go begging as skipper George Onyango headed wide from a quick corner, before Wanyika thwarted Justine Omwando’s freekick from the left.Gor Mahia set to sign Cameroonian attackerThe second half almost acted like Wanyika’s audition as he came up with late stops to deny substitute Kevin Omundi, youngster Austin Odongo, before arguably pulling his best save of the day to claw out Msagha’s 85th minute strike for a corner.In the background, the once loud Shabana fans streamed away – another disappointing day for the fanbase.
