Despite their historic win over Petro Atletico that booked them a slot into the quarter finals of the CAF Confederation Cup, Gor Mahia are still in trouble as they will miss three key players for the quarter finals first leg encounter scheduled for April 5.
Captain Harun Shakava leads the trio having picked his second consecutive yellow card in the Sunday clash alongside midfielder Ernest Wendo and left back Shaffik Batambuze, who were red carded in the do-or-die clash.
Batambuze had missed the 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Zamalek on March 10 due to accumulation of yellow cards.
This is the second time as well for Shakava, who missed the two-leg playoff match against New Stars de Douala of Cameroon, after being suspended for indecency in their second round Caf Champions League game against Lobi Stars of Nigeria.
In the trio’s absence, coach Hassan Oktay is likely to trust Joash Onyango and Charles Momanyi in defence with rookie Geoffrey Ochieng – who has made three appearances in the group stage- replacing Ugandan Batambuze in the left back position.
Cersidy Okeyo remains the only replacement for Wendo in the defensive midfield position, but the youngster has been out on injury leaving Lawrence Juma slotting in as makeshift holding midfielder on some occasions.