A rejuvenated Nairobi City Stars host a stuttering AFC Leopards in a Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) clash at the Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday 5 January in a 3 PM kick-off. Betting link: AFC Leopards vs Nairobi City StarsThe two teams are on contrasting battles as Simba wa Nairobi are looking to bridge the gap between themselves and title chasers KCB and Kakamega Homeboyz while Ingwe are looking to put some daylight between themselves and relegation places.UP NEXT Our first 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ FKF Premier League assignment #Betsafe #OursForever #YaMatere pic.twitter.com/r2BtTKGcKq— AFC Leopards (@AFCLeopards) January 4, 2022 Speaking to Mozzart Sport, former AFC Leopards midfielder Peter ‘Pinchez’ Opiyo who is now in the book of City Stars admitted that playing against his former employers will be emotional. “It will be a tough match because AFC Leaoprds is a good team that plays good football and the draws they have been getting were against good teams so we expect a tough game today.I take it just like another game, I’m more focused on the three points, Ingwe is a club that treated me well and I enjoyed my time there, there are still people in management who are there which will be more emotional,” said Pinchez.1.85 City Stars 3.35 AFC Leopards 4.10 City Stars are coming from a morale-boosting 2-0 win over Gor Mahia last time out after a deflating 1-0 loss to KCB that saw them slip out of the top four. AFC Leopards custodian Maxwell Mulili chose to look at the glass half full noting that the side is currently on a four-match unbeaten run despite three successive frustrating draws where they have surrendered leads. “Every team heads into games wanting a win and we are also looking to win today’s game, we are unbeaten in recent games and the more we continue with our run the more we increase our chances of winning.FKF-PL | Round 12🗓 | Wednesday 5th January 2022🆚 AFC Leopards 🏆 | FKF-PL ⏰ | 1500 EAT🏟 | Nyayo Stadium#𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚BETTER MUST COMETerraces – 200VIP – 500COME ONE COME ALL #OperationJazaStadi pic.twitter.com/ZBPz0IUrs5— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) January 4, 2022 People are really psyched up, if you look at the table if we win this game and the weekend’s game we will climb up the table so people are really motivated to win,” said Mulili.The two teams have met 18 times since 2009 with AFC Leopards having an upper hand winning eight, drawing on five occasions and suffering five losses.
