• Tusker inch closer to the top of the table

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  • Tusker FC were the big winners in the KPL last weekend.(Photo:File)Tusker FC were the big winners in the KPL last weekend.(Photo:File)
Apr 23, 2012-

Reigning Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Tusker were the big winners of the weekend.

Not only did they halt AFC Leopards 10-match unbeaten run this season, but they also climbed two places to second in the standings.

Before the match, Leopards held a commanding a six points over their closest rivals, but the brewers managed to move within 4 points after hitting the erstwhile unbeaten Ingwe 2-0 on Saturday at Mombasa’s Mbaraki Sports Club.

However, Leopards maintained pole position with 26 points, followed by Tusker with 22 points. Chemelil Sugar stayed put in third spot a point behind Tusker despite only managing a barren draw with bottom Nairobi City Stars on Sunday.

Sofapaka lost valuable ground after slumping to their second straight league loss. Batoto baMungu, who lost 1-0 to Thika United are now fourth on the log with 20 points.

Thika United, who handed Sofapaka their third loss of the season, complete the top five bracket with 17 points.

Immediate former champions Ulinzi mustered a 1-0 win over Gor Mahia in Nakuru to snuff out K’Ogalo’s brief reprieve after they ended an eight match winless streak last weekend over Sofapaka.

However, Ulinzi were non-movers at position nine with 15 points while Gor dropped one place to 12th. Karuturi Sports also returned to winning ways beating their hosts KCB 2-1 on Saturday at the Nairobi City Stadium to move two places to sixth with Western Stima, Muhoroni Youth Ulinzi Stars and KCB also among the top ten teams. T

he other significant result of the weekend was Sony Sugar’s 3-1 win over Ranger at the former’s adopted Gusii Stadium. Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno’s side were the early pacesetters at the beginning of the season, but prior to Saturday’s match, the sugar millers had gone eight matches without a win.

They moved two places to 11th with 11points. The result piled misery on the financially troubled Rangers who dropped to the bottom of the log with 8 points. Nairobi City Stars swapped places with Rangers at the bottom of the table, after holding Chemelil to a barren draw at Hope Center in Kawangware.

City Stars and Rangers are tied on 8 points though the former have a better goal difference. Oserian are one place above the bottom two, while Mathare United and Gor are only two points from safety.

 

 

Nesta Kizito

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  •   Teams  P W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 AFC Leopards 10 8 2 0 20 6 14 26
    2 Sofapaka 10 6 2 2 12 7 5 20
    3 Chemelil Sugar 10 6 2 2 8 4 4 20
    4 Tusker 10 5 4 1 12 6 6 19
    5 Thika United 10 3 5 2 13 8 5 14
    6 Western Stima 10 4 2 4 12 9 3 14
    7 MuhoroniYouth 10 4 2 4 8 8 0 14
    8 Karuturi Sports 10 3 4 3 8 7 1 13
    9 Ulinzi Stars 10 3 3 4 13 15 -2 12
    10 KCB 9 3 2 4 10 9 1 11
    11 Gor Mahia 10 2 4 4 5 7 -2 10
    12 Mathare United 10 2 3 5 10 15 -5 9
    13 SonySugar 10 2 2 6 7 11 -4 8
    14 Oserian 10 2 2 6 6 14 -8 8
    15 Rangers 9 1 5 3 8 18 -10 8
    16 City Stars 10 1 4 5 4 12 -8 7
    Date Time   Stadium
    Fri 20-04-12 15:00 Oserian vs Muhoroni Youth  Oserian
    Sat 21-04-12 15:00 Mathare United vs Western Stima  City
    Sat 21-04-12 15:00 SonySugar vs Rangers  Awendo
    Sat 21-04-12 15:00 Ulinzi Stars vs Gor Mahia  Afraha
    Sat 21-04-12 15:00 AFC Leopards vs Tusker   
    Sun 22-04-12 14:00 City Stars vs Chemelil Sugar  Nyayo
    Sun 22-04-12 16:00 KCB vs Karuturi Sports  City
    Sun 22-04-12 16:00 Sofapaka vs Thika United  Nyayo
    Wed 25-04-12 19:00 Gor Mahia vs City Stars  Nyayo
    Sat 28-04-12 14:00 KCB vs Oserian  Nyayo
    Sat 28-04-12 15:00 Thika United vs Muhoroni Youth  Thika
    Sat 28-04-12 15:00 Ulinzi Stars vs SonySugar  Afraha
    Sat 28-04-12 16:00 Mathare United vs Rangers  Nyayo
    Sun 29-04-12 15:00 Karuturi Sports vs AFC Leopards  Karuturi
    Sun 29-04-12 15:00 Chemelil Sugar vs Western Stima  Chemelil
    Mon 30-04-12 19:00 Tusker vs Sofapaka  Kasarani
    Sat 05-05-12 14:00 Rangers vs Tusker  Nyayo
    Sat 05-05-12 15:00 Muhoroni Youth vs KCB  Muhoroni
    Sat 05-05-12 16:00 City Stars vs AFC Leopards  Nyayo
    Sun 06-05-12 15:00 Western Stima vs Ulinzi Stars  Bukhungu
    Sun 06-05-12 15:00 Oserian vs Thika United  Oserian
    Sun 06-05-12 15:00 Gor Mahia vs Chemelil Sugar  City
    Sun 06-05-12 15:00 SonySugar vs Karuturi Sports  Awendo
    Mon 07-05-12 19:00 Sofapaka vs Mathare United  Kasarani
    Fri 11-05-12 19:00 KCB vs Gor Mahia  Nyayo
    Sat 12-05-12 14:00 Tusker vs Chemelil Sugar  Nyayo
    Sat 12-05-12 15:00 AFC Leopards vs SonySugar  Nyayo
    Sat 12-05-12 15:00 Muhoroni Youth vs Sofapaka  Muhoroni
    Sun 13-05-12 15:00 Karuturi Sports vs Oserian  Karuturi
    Sun 13-05-12 15:00 Thika United vs Mathare United  Thika
    Sun 13-05-12 15:00 Western Stima vs City Stars  Bukhungu
    Mon 14-05-12 19:00 Rangers vs Ulinzi Stars  Nyayo
    Fri    18-05-12 19:00 Sofapaka vs AFC Leopards  Kasarani
    Sat 19-05-12 14:00 Mathare United vs Karuturi Sports  Kasarani
    Sat 19-05-12 15:00 SonySugar vs KCB  Awendo
    Sat 19-05-12 15:00 City Stars vs Thika United  Hope Centre
    Sat 19-05-12 16:00 Gor Mahia vs Western Stima  Kasarani
    Sun 20-05-12 15:00 Ulinzi Stars vs Muhoroni Youth  Afraha
    Sun 20-05-12 15:00 Chemelil Sugar vs Rangers  Chemelil
    Sun 20-05-12 15:00 Oserian vs Tusker  Oserian
    Date Home Result Away
    SUN 08-04-12 AFC Leopards 6 – 2 Rangers
    SUN 08-04-12 Oserian 1 – 0 Gor Mahia
    SUN 08-04-12 SonySugar 0 – 1 Tusker
    SUN 08-04-12 Thika United 1 – 1 KCB
    SAT 07-04-12 Sofapaka 2 – 0 City Stars
    SAT 07-04-12 Karuturi Sports 1 – 0 Western Stima
    SAT 07-04-12 Mathare United 2 – 1 Muhoroni Youth
    SAT 07-04-12 Ulinzi Stars 2 – 1 Chemelil Sugar
    WED 04-0412 Gor Mahia 1 – 1 Mathare United
    SUN 01-04-12 City Stars 1 – 0 Oserian
    SUN 01-04-12 Muhoroni Youth 0 – 0 Rangers
    SUN 01-04-12 Ulinzi Stars 0 – 2 Tusker
    SAT 31-03-12 Chemelil Sugar 1 – 0 Sofapaka
    SAT 31-03-12 Karuturi Sports 0 – 1 Thika United
    SAT 31-03-12 Western Stima 2 – 1 SonySugar
    WED 28-03-12 KCB 1 – 2 AFC Leopards
    MON 26-03-12 Sofapaka 3 – 2 Ulinzi Stars
    SUN 25-03-12 Oserian 0 – 1 Chemelil Sugar
    SUN 25-03-12 Rangers 0 – 6 Thika United
    SUN 25-03-12 SonySugar 0 – 0 Gor Mahia
    SAT 24-03-12 Mathare United 1 – 0 City Stars
    SAT 24-03-12 AFC Leopards 2 – 1 Western Stima
    SAT 24-03-12 Muhoroni Youth 2 – 1 Karuturi Sports
    SAT 24-03-12 Tusker 0 – 0 KCB
    WED 21-03-12 Gor Mahia 1 – 1 Rangers
    SUN 18-03-12 Gor Mahia 0 – 0 AFC Leopards
    SUN 18-03-12 Thika United 1 – 0 SonySugar
    SUN 18-03-12 Western Stima 1 – 2 Sofapaka
    SAT 17-03-12 Chemelil Sugar 1 – 0 Mathare United
    SAT 17-03-12 City Stars 1 – 2 Muhoroni Youth
    SAT 17-03-12 Tusker 2 – 2 Karuturi Sports
    SAT 17-03-12 Ulinzi Stars 2 – 0 Oserian
    WED 14-03-12 Tusker 2 – 0 Gor Mahia
    WED 14-03-12 Rangers 2 – 1 Western Stima
    MON 12-03-12 Mathare United 2 – 2 Ulinzi Stars
    SUN 11-03-12 AFC Leopards 2 – 1 Muhoroni Youth
    SUN 11-03-12 Karuturi Sports 2 – 0 Chemelil Sugar
    SUN 11-03-12 KCB 0 – 2 Western Stima
    SUN 11-03-12 Thika United 0 – 0 Tusker
    SAT 10-03-12 Oserian 0 – 0 Sofapaka
    SAT 10-03-12 SonySugar 1 – 1 City Stars
    THU 08-03-12 Muhoroni Youth 0 – 1 Tusker
    WED 07-03-12 Mathare United 0 – 1 KCB
    MON05-03-12 Sofapaka 2 – 1 Rangers
    SUN 04-03-12 Karuturi Sports 1 – 0 Gor Mahia
    SUN 04-03-12 Ulinzi Stars 0 – 2 AFC Leopards
    SAT 03-03-12 Chemelil Sugar 2 – 0 SonySugar
    SAT 03-03-12 Oserian 2 – 1 Mathare United
    SAT 03-03-12 Western Stima 1 – 1 Thika United
    FRI 02-03-12 KCB 4 – 0 City Stars
    SUN 26-02-12 Muhoroni Youth 0 – 1 Chemelil Sugar
    SAT 25-02-12 AFC Leopards 2 – 0 Oserian
    SAT 25-02-12 City Stars 0 – 0 Karuturi Sports
    SAT 25-02-12 SonySugar 0 – 1 Sofapaka
    SAT 25-02-12 Thika United 2 – 2 Ulinzi Stars
    WED22-02-12 Gor Mahia 0 – 1 Muhoroni Youth
    WED22-02-12 Western Stima 1 – 0 Tusker
    SUN 19-02-12 Mathare United 0 – 2 AFC Leopards
    SUN 19-02-12 Chemelil Sugar 0 – 0 Thika United
    SUN 19-02-12 City Stars 0 – 0 Rangers
    SUN 19-02-12 Oserian 1 – 2 SonySugar
    SUN 19-02-12 Sofapaka 2 – 1 KCB
    SAT 18-02-12 Ulinzi Stars 2 – 1 Karuturi Sports
    SUN 12-02-12 Karuturi Sports 0 – 0 Sofapaka
    SUN 12-02-12 KCB 2 – 1 Ulinzi Stars
    SUN 12-02-12 Rangers 2 – 2 Oserian
    SUN 12-02-12 SonySugar 3 – 1 Mathare United
    SUN 12-02-12 Thika United 0 – 2 Gor Mahia
    SAT 11-02-12 AFC Leopards 0 – 0 Chemelil Sugar
    SAT 11-02-12 Muhoroni Youth 0 – 0 Western Stima
    SAT 11-02-12 Tusker 2 – 1 City Stars
     
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