• Sofapaka take over league leadership

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  • Gor Mahia beat KCB 3-2 at the City Stadium.(Photo by Shutterspeed)Gor Mahia beat KCB 3-2 at the City Stadium.(Photo by Shutterspeed)
May 12, 2012-

Sofapaka cashed in on AFC Leopards’ woes to climb to the top of the Kenyan Premier League for the first time this season with a deserved 2-0 win over hosts Muhoroni Youth.

Veteran striker John Baraza grabbed a brace to take his goals tally to 10 and in the process lift Sofapaka above Tusker and AFC Leopards with 29 points.

Reigning champions Tusker had provisionally gone top of the log on Friday evening with a 2-0 win over Chemelil Sugar at the Nyayo National Stadium courtesy of goals by Joseph Emeka and Obadiah Ndege.

But their stay at the summit lasted less than 24 hours as Sofapaka supplanted them with Saturday’s result.

Tusker have now dropped one place to second on the table with 28 points. Former league leaders Leopards, whose match against Sony Sugar was postponed for security reasons, are third with 27 points.

Gor Mahia 3 KCB 2

At the Nairobi City Stadium, Gor Mahia beat KCB 3-2 to string up their third consecutive win. George Midenyo opened the score sheets with a stunning 30 yard free kick in the 16th minute before Rama Salim weighed in with a second half brace for K’Ogalo.

But KCB weren’t going to take the beating lying down and almost clawed their way back into the game.

The bankers stage a late rally in the game with Paul Kiongera reducing the deficit with a 75th minute penalty before Gor ‘reject’ Ezekiel Odera got his pound of flesh from K’Ogalo in the closing stages of the match.

His thunderous drive from distance left Gor goalkeeper Fredick Onyango clutching straws. Rama, who is slowly but surely, establishing himself within Gor’s system, had another fruitful day on the field taking his goals tally to six.

Western Stima 0 Nairobi City Stars 0

In Kakamega, Nairobi City Stars’ revival continued after they came out of the dreaded Bukungu Stadium with a priceless 1-0 win over hosts Western Stima 1-0.

Levi Mwaka scored the all-important goal in the 45th minute before getting himself sent off later in the match for a second bookable offence.

Last weekend City Stars, who had spent many weeks at the basement, caused a major shock with a 3-0 drabbing of then leaders Leopards at the Nyayo Stadium.

 

Nesta Kizito

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  • Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1AFC Leopards 21 13 5 3 32 15 17 44
    2Sofapaka 20 11 4 5 25 15 10 37
    3Tusker 19 10 6 3 26 12 14 36
    4Ulinzi Stars 20 11 3 6 29 21 8 36
    5Gor Mahia 20 9 6 5 21 13 8 33
    6Thika United 21 9 6 6 25 24 13 3
    7Western Stima 21 7 6 8 17 15 22 7
    8Karuturi Sports 21 6 8 7 16 17 -12 6
    9Chemelil Sugar 21 6 8 7 11 13 -22 6
    10SonySugar 21 7 4 10 16 18 -22 5
    11Mathare United 21 6 7 8 22 25 -3 25
    12KCB 21 6 6 9 23 21 2 24
    13City Stars 21 5 7 9 14 23 -9 22
    14Rangers 22 3 11 8 17 36 -19 20
    15Muhoroni Youth 21 5 4 12 13 24 -11 19
    16Oserian 21 3 7 11 92 4- 15 16
    Date   Time  Teams  Venue
    SAT 18-08-12 14:00  Tusker vs SonySugar Hope Centre
    SAT 18-08-12 15:00  Chemelil Sugar vs Ulinzi Stars Chemelil
    SAT 18-08-12 15:00  City Stars vs Sofapaka Hope Centre
    SAT 18-08-12 15:00  Muhoroni Youth vs Mathare United Muhoroni
    SUN 19-08-12 15:00  Western Stima vs Karuturi Sports Bukhungu
    MON 20-08-12 15:00  KCB vs Thika United Nyayo
    FRI 24-08-12 19:00  Mathare United vs Gor Mahia Nyayo
    SAT 25-08-12 14:00  Rangers vs Muhoroni Youth Nyayo
    SAT 25-08-12 15:00  SonySugar vs Western Stima Gusii
    SAT 25-08-12 15:00  Oserian vs City Stars Oserian
    SAT 25-08-12 16:00  Sofapaka vs Chemelil Sugar Nyayo
    SUN 26-08-12 15:00  Thika United vs Karuturi Sports Thika
    SUN 26-08-12 15:00  AFC Leopards vs KCB Nyayo
    MON 27-08-12 19:00  Tusker vs Ulinzi Stars Nyayo
    WED 29-08-12 15:00  Gor Mahia vs Oserian City
    SAT 08-09-12 15:00  Karuturi Sports vs Muhoroni Youth Karuturi
    SUN 09-09-12 14:00  KCB vs Tusker City
    SUN 09-09-12 16:00  Gor Mahia vs SonySugar City
    SAT 15-09-12 15:00  City Stars vs Mathare United Hope Centre
    SAT 15-09-12 15:00  Ulinzi Stars vs Sofapaka Afraha
    SUN 16-09-12 15:00  Western Stima vs AFC Leopards Mumias
    SUN 16-09-12 15:00  Chemelil Sugar vs Oserian Chemelil
    SUN 16-09-12 15:00  Thika United vs Rangers Thika
    FRI 21-09-12 14:00  Mathare United vs Chemelil Sugar City
    FRI 21-09-12 16:00  Sofapaka vs Western Stima City
    SAT 22-09-12 14:00  Oserian vs Ulinzi Stars Oserian
    SAT 22-09-12 16:00  Karuturi Sports vs Tusker Oserian
    SUN 23-09-12 15:00  SonySugar vs Thika United Awendo
    SUN 23-09-12 15:00  Muhoroni Youth vs City Stars Muhoroni
    SUN 23-09-12 15:00  AFC Leopards vs Gor Mahia Kasarani
    MON 24-09-12 15:00  KCB vs Rangers Nyayo
    SAT 29-09-12 15:00  Chemelil Sugar vs Karuturi Sports Chemelil
    SAT 29-09-12 15:00  Ulinzi Stars vs Mathare United Afraha
    SUN 30-09-12 14:00  Sofapaka vs Oserian Nyayo
    SUN 30-09-12 15:00  Western Stima vs KCB Bukhungu
    SUN 30-09-12 15:00  City Stars vs SonySugar Hope Centre
    SUN 30-09-12 15:00  Muhoroni Youth vs AFC Leopards Muhoroni
    SUN 30-09-12 16:00  Tusker vs Thika United Nyayo
    WED 03-10-12 19:00  Rangers vs Gor Mahia Nyayo
    WED 17-10-12 17:30  City Stars vs KCB Nyayo
    WED 17-10-12 19:30  Mathare United vs Oserian Nyayo
    Date  Home Team  Result  Away Team  Stadium
    TUE 14-08-12  Mathare United 1 – 0  Tusker Nyayo
    MON 13-08-12  Sofapaka 0 – 0  Gor Mahia Kasarani
    SUN 12-08-12  AFC Leopards 5 – 0  Thika United Nyayo
    SUN 12-08-12  Karuturi Sports 0 – 1  Rangers Karuturi
    SUN 12-08-12  SonySugar 1 – 0  Muhoroni Youth Gusii
    SUN 12-08-12  Ulinzi Stars 2 – 1  City Stars Afraha
    SAT 11-08-12  Oserian 0 – 0  Western Stima Oserian
    FRI 10-08-12  KCB 0 – 0  Chemelil Sugar City
    THU 09-08-12  Rangers 0 – 0  AFC Leopards Nyayo
    SUN 29-07-12  Chemelil Sugar 0 – 0  City Stars Chemelil
    SUN 29-07-12  Karuturi Sports 1 – 1  KCB Karuturi
    SUN 29-07-12  Muhoroni Youth 1 – 0  Oserian Muhoroni
    SAT 28-07-12  Thika United 1 – 4  Sofapaka Thika
    SAT 28-07-12  Western Stima 0 – 1  Mathare United Bukhungu
    FRI 27-07-12  Rangers 1 – 0  SonySugar City
    SUN 22-07-12  Oserian 0 – 0  KCB Oserian
    SAT 21-07-12  AFC Leopards 1 – 0  Karuturi Sports Mumias
    SAT 21-07-12  City Stars 0 – 4  Gor Mahia City
    SAT 21-07-12  Muhoroni Youth 0 – 1  Thika United Muhoroni
    SAT 21-07-12  SonySugar 1 – 0  Ulinzi Stars Gusii
    SAT 21-07-12  Western Stima 2 – 1  Chemelil Sugar Bukhungu
    FRI 20-07-12  Rangers 1 – 1  Mathare United Nyayo
    SUN 15-07-12  Chemelil Sugar 0 – 1  Gor Mahia Afraha
    SUN 15-07-12  Karuturi Sports 1 – 0  SonySugar Oserian
    SUN 15-07-12  KCB 3 – 0  Muhoroni Youth City
    SUN 15-07-12  Thika United 1 – 1  Oserian Thika
    SAT 14-07-12  Ulinzi Stars 1 – 0  Western Stima Afraha
    FRI 13-07-12  AFC Leopards 1 – 0  City Stars Nyayo
    WED 11-07-12  Mathare United 2 – 0  Sofapaka Nyayo
    SUN 08-07-12  Gor Mahia 3 – 1  KCB City
    SUN 08-07-12  Ulinzi Stars 3 – 1  Rangers Afraha
    SUN 08-07-12  City Stars 0 – 0  Western Stima City
    SAT 07-07-12  Chemelil Sugar 1 – 1  Tusker Chemelil
    SAT 07-07-12  Oserian 1 – 0  Karuturi Sports Oserian
    SAT 07-07-12  SonySugar 0 – 1  AFC Leopards Gusii
    FRI 06-07-12  Sofapaka 2 – 2  Muhoroni Youth Nyayo
    FRI 06-07-12  Mathare United 1 – 2  Thika United Nyayo
    SAT 30-06-12  Tusker 2 – 0  Rangers City
    WED 27-06-12  AFC Leopards 1 – 0  Sofapaka Nyayo
    MON 25-06-12  Rangers 0 – 0  Chemelil Sugar City
    SUN 24-06-12  KCB 0 – 1  SonySugar City
    SUN 24-06-12  Muhoroni Youth 1 – 2  Ulinzi Stars Muhoroni
    SUN 24-06-12  Tusker 3 – 1  Oserian Kasarani
    SAT 23-06-12  Karuturi Sports 1 – 3  Mathare United Oserian
    SAT 23-06-12  Thika United 0 – 1  City Stars Thika
    SAT 23-06-12  Western Stima 1 – 2  Gor Mahia Mumias
    WED 20-06-12  AFC Leopards 1 – 1  SonySugar Mumias
    SUN 20-05-12  City Stars 3 – 2  Thika United Hope Centre
    SUN 20-05-12  Mathare United 1 – 1  Karuturi Sports City
    SUN 20-05-12  Oserian 0 – 0  Tusker Oserian
    SUN 20-05-12  Chemelil Sugar 1 – 1  Rangers Chemelil
    SAT 19-05-12  SonySugar 1 – 0  KCB Gusii
    SAT 19-05-12  Ulinzi Stars 2 – 0  Muhoroni Youth Afraha
    WED 16-05-12  Sofapaka 2 – 1  AFC Leopards Nyayo
    WED 16-05-12  Gor Mahia 0 – 0  Western Stima City
    MON 14-05-12  Rangers 0 – 3  Ulinzi Stars Nyayo
    SUN 13-05-12  Karuturi Sports 1 – 0  Oserian Karuturi
    SUN 13-05-12  Thika United 2 – 1  Mathare United Thika
    SAT 12-05-12  KCB 2 – 3  Gor Mahia City
    SAT 12-05-12  Western Stima 0 – 1  City Stars Bukhungu
    SAT 12-05-12  Muhoroni Youth 0 – 2  Sofapaka Muhoroni
    FRI 11-05-12  Tusker 2 – 0  Chemelil Sugar Nyayo
    MON 07-05-12  Sofapaka 2 – 0  Mathare United Nyayo
    SUN 06-05-12  Gor Mahia 1 – 0  Chemelil Sugar City
    SUN 06-05-12  Oserian 0 – 1  Thika United Oserian
    SUN 06-05-12  SonySugar 0 – 0  Karuturi Sports Gusii
    SUN 06-05-12  Western Stima 1 – 0  Ulinzi Stars Bukhungu
    SAT 05-05-12  City Stars 3 – 0  AFC Leopards Nyayo
    SAT 05-05-12  Muhoroni Youth 1 – 2  KCB Muhoroni
    SAT 05-05-12  Rangers 2 – 4  Tusker Nyayo
    MON 30-04-12  Tusker 0 – 1  Sofapaka Nyayo
    SUN 29-04-12  Mathare United 1 – 1  Rangers Nyayo
    SUN 29-04-12  Chemelil Sugar 0 – 1  Western Stima Chemelil
    SUN 29-04-12  Karuturi Sports 1 – 1  AFC Leopards Karuturi
    SUN 29-04-12  KCB 3 – 0  Oserian Nyayo
    SAT 28-04-12  Gor Mahia 2 – 1  City Stars City
    SAT 28-04-12  Thika United 1 – 0  Muhoroni Youth Thika
    SAT 28-04-12  Ulinzi Stars 2 – 1  SonySugar Afraha
    WED 25-04-12  Rangers 0 – 0  KCB City
    SUN 22-04-12  Sofapaka 0 – 1  Thika United Nyayo
    SUN 22-04-12  City Stars 0 – 0  Chemelil Sugar Hope Centre
    SAT 21-04-12  AFC Leopards 0 – 2  Tusker  
    SAT 21-04-12  Mathare United 0 – 0  Western Stima City
    SAT 21-04-12  Oserian 0 – 0  Muhoroni Youth Oserian
    SAT 21-04-12  SonySugar 3 – 1  Rangers Gusii
    SAT 21-04-12  Ulinzi Stars 1 – 0  Gor Mahia Afraha
    SAT 21-04-12  KCB 1 – 2  Karuturi Sports City
    SUN 15-04-12  Tusker 2 – 2  Mathare United Kasarani
    SUN 15-04-12  Chemelil Sugar 1 – 0  KCB Chemelil
    SUN 15-04-12  Gor Mahia 1 – 0  Sofapaka City
    SUN 15-04-12  City Stars 0 – 0  Ulinzi Stars Nyayo
    SAT 14-04-12  Muhoroni Youth 1 – 0  SonySugar Muhoroni
    SAT 14-04-12  Rangers 0 – 0  Karuturi Sports City
    SAT 14-04-12  Thika United 1 – 2  AFC Leopards Thika
    SAT 14-04-12  Western Stima 3 – 0  Oserian Bukhungu
    SUN 08-04-12  AFC Leopards 6 – 2  Rangers Mumias
    SUN 08-04-12  Oserian 1 – 0  Gor Mahia Afraha
    SUN 08-04-12  SonySugar 0 – 1  Tusker Gusii
    SUN 08-04-12  Thika United 1 – 1  KCB Thika
    SAT 07-04-12  Sofapaka 2 – 0  City Stars Nyayo
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