Sofapaka drab Thika to move third on the table

Jul 29, 2012

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Sofapaka reclaimed third spot on the Kenyan Premier League standings with a resounding 4-1 victory over Thika United Saturday at the Thika Municipal Stadium.

The win stemmed a three-match winless run that was threatening to derail the team’s league campaign. Predatory veteran striker, John Baraza, made clear his intentions of winning the KPL golden boot award with a brace that took his season’s tally to 16 goals.

Congolese-born Kenyan international, Bob Mugalia and vastly experienced centre back, Edgar ‘Fighter’ Ochieng added two more goals to confine Thika to rare home defeat. Sofapaka got off the blocks quickly with a 12th minute goal from Baraza through a penalty after Vincent Nyaberi handled the ball in the box.

Moments later, Baraza turned provider laying a neat pass to strike partner Mugalia for the second goal. Ochieng nodded in a free kick on the half hour mark to effectively put the match beyond Thika’s reach.

Baraza put the icing in the cake with a 63rd minute strike. Thika’s lone goal was scored by Moses Arita in the 88th minute.

Mathare United 1 Western Stima 0

In Kakamega, Mathare United continued their revival with a 1-0 win over hosts Western Stima at Bukhungu Stadium.

Andrew Tololwa drilled in a 32nd minute goal to give the ‘Slum Boys’ their second win in a row. On Friday evening, Rangers beat Sony Sugar 1-0 at Nairobi City Stadium to move ome place from the bottom of the table with 16 points.

Meanwhile, with the KPL Top 8 showdown between AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia shrouded in uncertainty, three Kenyan Premier League matches are lined up for Sunday. Nairobi City Stars will away to Chemelil Sugar.

The Kawangware side will be seeking to put behind them a poor run that has seen them lose their two last matches to Leopards and Gor.

Edward Manoah’s Chemelil also suffered a 1-2 loss to Western Stima last weekend and will hoping to bounce back. In Naivasha, bottom side Oserian will host Muhoroni Youth in a match they must win to keep their survival hopes alive.

In another match sunday in Naivasha, Karuturi Sports will lock horns with KCB.

Nesta Kizito

KPL TABLE
KPL RESULTS
KPL FIXTURES

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thika United	11	6	3	2	15	8	7	21
2	Sofapaka	12	5	6	1	14	7	7	21
3	Chemelil Sugar	11	5	4	2	13	8	5	19
4	KCB	12	4	6	2	18	7	11	18
5	Gor Mahia	9	5	3	1	8	4	4	18
6	Bandari	12	4	5	3	13	10	3	17
7	Ulinzi Stars	13	4	5	4	6	7	-1	17
8	City Stars	12	4	3	5	14	18	-4	15
9	AFC Leopards	12	3	5	4	11	10	1	14
10	Tusker	10	3	4	3	8	8	0	13
11	Western Stima	12	3	4	5	9	12	-3	13
12	Karuturi Sports	13	3	4	6	12	19	-7	13
13	Muhoroni Youth	12	3	3	6	6	16	-10	12
14	Mathare United	11	1	8	2	7	8	-1	11
15	Sony Sugar	12	2	5	5	7	14	-7	11
16	Homeboyz	12	1	6	5	8	13	-5	9

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Stadium
SUN 19-05-13	Homeboyz	1 – 1	KCB	Bukhungu
SUN 19-05-13	Karuturi Sports	1 – 0	Bandari	Karuturi
SUN 19-05-13	Thika United	1 – 1	Mathare United	Thika
SUN 19-05-13	Sony Sugar	2 – 1	Western Stima	Awendo
SAT 18-05-13	Tusker	1 – 2	Chemelil Sugar	Nyayo
SAT 18-05-13	Gor Mahia	0 – 0	City Stars	Nyayo
SAT 18-05-13	AFC Leopards	1 – 0	Ulinzi Stars	Mumias
SAT 18-05-13	Sofapaka	2 – 1	Muhoroni Youth	Nyayo
SUN 12-05-13	AFC Leopards	0 – 1	Gor Mahia	Nyayo
SUN 12-05-13	Muhoroni Youth	0 – 1	Bandari	Muhoroni
SUN 12-05-13	Thika United	2 – 1	Tusker	Thika
SUN 12-05-13	Mathare United	1 – 1	Homeboyz	City
SAT 11-05-13	Chemelil Sugar	2 – 0	Karuturi Sports	Chemelil
SAT 11-05-13	Ulinzi Stars	1 – 0	Sony Sugar	Afraha
SAT 11-05-13	Western Stima	2 – 2	City Stars	Bukhungu
SAT 11-05-13	KCB	1 – 1	Sofapaka	City
MON 06-05-13	Sony Sugar	1 – 1	Thika United	Awendo
SUN 05-05-13	Bandari	0 – 0	Mathare United	Mbaraki
SUN 05-05-13	City Stars	2 – 1	AFC Leopards	City
SAT 04-05-13	Tusker	0 – 0	Ulinzi Stars	Nyayo
SAT 04-05-13	Chemelil Sugar	1 – 1	KCB	Chemelil
SAT 04-05-13	Karuturi Sports	1 – 1	Western Stima	Karuturi
SAT 04-05-13	Muhoroni Youth	0 – 2	Gor Mahia	Afraha
SAT 04-05-13	Sofapaka	0 – 0	Homeboyz	Nyayo
WED 01-05-13	City Stars	0 – 1	Tusker	City
SUN 28-04-13	Homeboyz	0 – 0	Gor Mahia	Mumias
SUN 28-04-13	Ulinzi Stars	0 – 2	Karuturi Sports	Afraha
SAT 27-04-13	Tusker	1 – 0	Western Stima	Afraha
SUN 21-04-13	Gor Mahia	1 – 1	Sony Sugar	City
SUN 21-04-13	Thika United	3 – 0	Karuturi Sports	Thika
SUN 21-04-13	Western Stima	1 – 0	Chemelil Sugar	Bukhungu
SUN 21-04-13	Mathare United	1 – 1	Ulinzi Stars	City
SAT 20-04-13	AFC Leopards	1 – 1	Tusker	City
SAT 20-04-13	Bandari	1 – 0	KCB	Mbaraki
SAT 20-04-13	Homeboyz	0 – 0	Muhoroni Youth	Bukhungu
SAT 20-04-13	City Stars	1 – 3	Sofapaka	City
SUN 14-04-13	Gor Mahia	2 – 1	KCB	City
SUN 14-04-13	Muhoroni Youth	0 – 2	City Stars	Muhoroni
SUN 14-04-13	Sony Sugar	1 – 0	Tusker	Awendo
SUN 14-04-13	Thika United	0 – 1	Ulinzi Stars	Thika
SAT 13-04-13	AFC Leopards	0 – 0	Bandari	Kasarani
SAT 13-04-13	Chemelil Sugar	1 – 0	Homeboyz	Chemelil
SAT 13-04-13	Karuturi Sports	0 – 0	Mathare United	Karuturi
SAT 13-04-13	Sofapaka	0 – 0	Western Stima	Kasarani
SUN 07-04-13	Bandari	1 – 1	Thika United	Mbaraki
SUN 07-04-13	Karuturi Sports	0 – 0	Muhoroni Youth	Karuturi
SUN 07-04-13	Mathare United	2 – 1	Western Stima	Nyayo
SUN 07-04-13	Sony Sugar	0 – 2	Sofapaka	Awendo
SAT 06-04-13	AFC Leopards	0 – 0	KCB	Mumias
SAT 06-04-13	Ulinzi Stars	0 – 0	Homeboyz	Afraha
WED 03-04-13	Homeboyz	0 – 3	AFC Leopards	Mumias
SUN 31-03-13	Gor Mahia	1 – 0	Mathare United	Nyayo
SUN 31-03-13	Sofapaka	4 – 2	Karuturi Sports	Nyayo
SUN 31-03-13	KCB	2 – 0	Ulinzi Stars	Nyayo
SAT 30-03-13	Tusker	2 – 1	Bandari	City
SAT 30-03-13	Muhoroni Youth	2 – 1	AFC Leopards	Awendo
SAT 30-03-13	Thika United	2 – 1	Chemelil Sugar	Thika
SAT 30-03-13	Western Stima	1 – 0	Homeboyz	Bukhungu
SAT 30-03-13	City Stars	2 – 1	Sony Sugar	City
WED 27-03-13	Gor Mahia	0 – 2	Ulinzi Stars	City
WED 27-03-13	Sofapaka	1 – 1	Mathare United	City
SUN 24-03-13	KCB	1 – 0	Karuturi Sports	City
SUN 24-03-13	Muhoroni Youth	0 – 2	Thika United	Muhoroni
SAT 23-03-13	Bandari	3 – 0	Sony Sugar	Mbaraki
SAT 23-03-13	City Stars	1 – 2	Chemelil Sugar	Hope Centre
SUN 17-03-13	AFC Leopards	1 – 0	Western Stima	Nyayo
SUN 17-03-13	Homeboyz	2 – 3	Bandari	Bukhungu
SUN 17-03-13	Karuturi Sports	1 – 2	City Stars	Karuturi
SAT 16-03-13	Chemelil Sugar	0 – 0	Sofapaka	Chemelil
SAT 16-03-13	Sony Sugar	1 – 1	KCB	Awendo
SAT 16-03-13	Ulinzi Stars	0 – 0	Muhoroni Youth	Afraha
WED 13-03-13	Tusker	1 – 1	Karuturi Sports	Nyayo
TUE 12-03-13	Western Stima	1 – 0	Ulinzi Stars	Bukhungu
MON 11-03-13	Muhoroni Youth	1 – 0	Mathare United	Muhoroni
SUN 10-03-13	Bandari	2 – 2	City Stars	Mbaraki
SUN 10-03-13	Karuturi Sports	3 – 2	AFC Leopards	Karuturi
SUN 10-03-13	Thika United	2 – 1	Homeboyz	Thika
SAT 09-03-13	Sofapaka	0 – 1	Gor Mahia	Kasarani
SAT 09-03-13	Sony Sugar	0 – 2	Chemelil Sugar	Awendo
SAT 09-03-13	Tusker	0 – 0	KCB	Kasarani
FRI 01-03-13	AFC Leopards	0 – 0	Sony Sugar	Kasarani
FRI 01-03-13	City Stars	0 – 1	Thika United	Hope Centre
FRI 01-03-13	KCB	6 – 0	Muhoroni Youth	City
FRI 01-03-13	Mathare United	1 – 1	Chemelil Sugar	Kasarani
FRI 01-03-13	Ulinzi Stars	0 – 0	Sofapaka	Afraha
FRI 01-03-13	Western Stima	1 – 1	Bandari	Bukhungu
SUN 24-02-13	Sofapaka	1 – 0	Thika United	City
SUN 24-02-13	Chemelil Sugar	1 – 1	AFC Leopards	Kasarani
SUN 24-02-13	Homeboyz	3 – 1	Karuturi Sports	Bukhungu
SUN 24-02-13	Muhoroni Youth	2 – 0	Western Stima	Muhoroni
SUN 24-02-13	Sony Sugar	0 – 0	Mathare United	Awendo
SUN 24-02-13	Ulinzi Stars	1 – 0	Bandari	Afraha
SUN 24-02-13	KCB	4 – 0	City Stars	City

Date	Time	Teams	Stadium
SAT 25-05-13	14:00	KCB vs Thika United	City
SAT 25-05-13	15:00	City Stars vs Homeboyz	Hope Centre
SAT 25-05-13	15:00	Western Stima vs Gor Mahia	Mumias
SAT 25-05-13	16:00	Mathare United vs AFC Leopards	City
SUN 26-05-13	15:00	Chemelil Sugar vs Ulinzi Stars	Chemelil
SUN 26-05-13	15:00	Muhoroni Youth vs Tusker	Muhoroni
SUN 26-05-13	15:00	Sony Sugar vs Karuturi Sports	Awendo
SUN 26-05-13	15:00	Bandari vs Sofapaka	Mbaraki

Sofapaka drab Thika to move third on the table

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