Having watched the duo of Western Stima and Vihiga United fall on Friday, relegation battling Mathare United have an opportunity to catch up with the two when they play Sofapaka on Saturday at the Ruaraka grounds.Stima went down 1-0 to league newcomers Bidco United while Vihiga lost 2-1 to Ulinzi Stars, results which complicated their hopes of surviving relegation with less than five matches to go. Mathare who are rock bottom with 15 points, five off Vihiga head into the clash aware that unwanted results will inch them closer to the second tier rather than a safer rank.The worrying decline of the 2008 league champions has been there for all to see this season as the club had won a paltry three matches and lost a whopping 17 and drawn six times.📸| Wednesday at the training ground.🔜 @FC_Sofapaka in the @Officialfkfpl pic.twitter.com/etEGg8Ihwd— Mathare United FC (@MathareUtd) July 28, 2021 Coach Frank Ouna who has collected a point from the last four matches will be seeking to guide his charges to breath life in their fast-fading hopes as well as revenge the first leg 4-2 loss.Ouna who has six matches to save his face will still have to do without his forward Dani Lual who left for national U23 duties with the South Sudan team.While Ouna will be looking to smart out of the danger zone, his Sofapaka counterpart Kennedy Odhiambo is understood to be under pressure to arrest the four-match winless streak.The 2009 league champions have collected three points out of a possible twelve recently leaving them three slots above the red line.Sofapaka Vs Mathare United match previewGet all the details on >>> https://t.co/4sIRekdT3j@betikaKe @OyandoRonny #BatotoBaMungu pic.twitter.com/jwAmZy1G6Z— Sofapaka FC (@FC_Sofapaka) July 30, 2021 With the return of Lawrence Juma who has consistently bailed them out, Odhiambo will hope that fortunes will be on side and register a double over Mathare.Statistics show that Sofapaka have dominated this fixture in the last three years having won four times in seven meetings before losing once and sharing spoils twice.
