Kogalo lost to 1-0 Nzoia Sugar courtesy of Hansel Ochieng’s solitary goal bringing Gor Mahia’s 24 matches unbeaten run in the league to an end on Wednesday afternoon. Hassan Oktay’s last league loss was a 1-0 reverse on the 27th of January inflicted by KCB. With Tuysienge, Nicholas Kipkirui and captain Harun Shakava on the bench, Nzoia knew this was their best chance to get a win against the Champions elect and they took it with both hands.
Gor’s Next match is against longtime rivals AFC Leopards in a Mashemeji Derby at Karasani Stadium, and with the loss, it means
Leopards will, therefore, will not be expected to mount a guard of honour for their bitter rivals who have dominated them in the past few seasons. and they will now have to win for them to retain the Kenya Premier League Title.
⚽ #MashemejiDerby 🤝
⚽️: AFC Leopards vs Gor Mahia FC
🗓: 19th May 2019
🏟: Kasarani Stadium
⏰: 4:15 pmIn 3 days time, the oldest rivalry in Kenyan football history returns!
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— SportPesa News (@SportpesaNews) May 15, 2019
Teams that have done this before for Gor Mahia includes Western Stima and Ulinzi Stars.
Other rival teams usually refuse this tradition. Rangers of Scotland, for example, refused to give their arch rivals Celtic a guard of honour on Sunday.
.As of now GorMahia at the top of the table with 66 points with only 4 matches remaining. Sofapaka follows in second 10 points behind Kogalo,Whisch means if they had won against Nzoia, they would have won the title already.