A hotly-debated first half penalty from Brian Michira was enough to hand Shabana FC a 1-0 victory over Bandari FC on Sunday afternoon at the Gusii Stadium in Kisii ensuring Bernard Mwalala’s return to Kisii ended in frustration.
The win sees Tore Bobe climb to 31 points and third on the Sportpesa League table after completing the double over the Mombasa based club.
For the Dockers, the result marks a disappointing end to their recent run of form, as they struggled to find a way past a resolute Shabana defense to lose their first game in seven matches.
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Shabana Head Coach Peter Okidi made three changes to the squad that drew against APS Bomet.
Captain George Orako returned at the heart of central defence after nearly three months on the sidelines with injury and partnered Wycliffe Omondi.
Brian Bett was deployed at rightback in place of Victor Omondi while Danson Kiprono paved the way for Humphrey Obina.
Bandari made just one change as Naaman Balecho replaced Izzadin Ramadhan in attacking midfield.
Michira’s penalty secures maximum points for Shabana against Bandari
The dockers were the first to knock. A quick change of play between Clifford Otieno and Omar Rajab saw the latter whip a cross into the area that was met by Msagha slotted home perfectly but the goal was disallowed for offside in the build up amidst protests from Bandari players.
In the twenty fourth minute,Brian Olega engineered a counter attack before delivering a pass to Michira who attended to dribble his way with the ball hitting Clifford Otieno’s chest.
The Referee surprisingly awarded a penalty that was slotted home by Michira.
The home side then had a chance to double the scores when Kevin Omundi stole the ball from Said Tsuma but his shot from distance went just wide with the score proceeding to halftime with a one goal difference.
The second half started with earnest,a series of freekicks from Darius Msagha were not enough to turn around the result.
Joseph Otieno delivered a pinpoint pass from right back that almost went in directly but was dealt with by the watchful Stephen Ochieng’ in goal.
Bandari’s best chance at levelling the scores however came late on as skipper Andrew Juma rose highest to head a corner but it went inches past the crossbar with the match ending in a 1-0 scoreline for the home team.
Shabana will now prepare for a tough away fixture against Posta Rangers in a fortnight while Bandari heads back to Mombasa to regroup before hosting a surging AFC Leopards on 14th as the league takes a one week break to pave way for the FKF Cup.
MSEAL edge APS Bomet 2-1
Elsewhere, Murang’a SEAL kept up their impressive run this season after grinding out their third consecutive victory, edging newcomers APS Bomet 2–1 at the SportPesa Arena.
In-form Joseph Irungu grabbed a match-winning brace, continuing his rise up the scoring charts with ten goals to his name this season.
Philip Wasai, who has now found the net in three straight matches, had earlier drawn APS Bomet level, but they ultimately squandered their chance to walk away with a point.
SEAL’s eighth win of the campaign keeps them firmly in the top four, sitting fourth on the table with 30 points, ten adrift of league leaders Gor Mahia.
Kariobangi Sharks climb out of relegation zone with hard-fought 1–0 win over Ulinzi Stars
It was also a huge relief for Kariobangi Sharks, who finally climbed out of the relegation zone after lingering there for some time.
They narrowly secured a 1–0 victory over Ulinzi Stars at the Kasarani Annex.
Humphrey Aroko calmly converted from the spot in the first half to seal only their third win of the season after 19 matches, lifting the Sharks to 15th place on the log with 17 points.
Shabana FC vs Bandari FC lineups
- Shabana: Stephen Ochieng’, Brian Bett,George Orako,Wycliffe Omondi,James Mazembe, Bronson Nsubugo,Biron Otieno,Kevin Omundi,Brian Michira,Brian Olega,Humphrey Obina
- Bandari: Alaine Ngeleka,Joseph Otieno,Omar Rajab, Shariff Majabe,Andrew Juma, Clifford Otieno, Said Tsuma ,Naaman Balecho,Darius Msagha,Hamza Mubarak, Frank Ouya