Thursday 28 March 2019

Uncaging the Zoo - Slaughter in Kericho


Gor Mahia’s demolition of Zoo FC yesterday in Kericho not only made it 4 consecutive wins against the side from Kericho, but it was also the 4th consecutive time Gor Mahia was banging in 4 goals against them.


Kenneth Muguna celebrates scoring against Zoo in 2017. He scored the first goal yesterday

Last season Gor Mahia beat the Kericho side 4-2 in the first leg before running out 4-1 winners in the second leg. This season K’Ogalo had earlier demolished them 4-0 in the first leg and the 4-0 win yesterday makes it an 8-0 aggregate win.
Gor Mahia now has an 83% win record against Zoo FC, the highest against any of the current premier league teams.

Team
Played
Won
Lost
Drawn
%win
Zoo FC
6
5
0
1
83.3%
Mt. Kenya
5
4
0
1
80%
Kariobangi Sharks
5
4
1
0
80%
Kakamega Homeboyz
9
7
0
2
77.8%

While Gor Mahia has scored a remarkable 18 goals past Zoo, an average of 3 goals per game, no player has yet emerged as prolific in this fixture as goals have been shared around. There has been a total of 13 goal-scorers in this fixture with 5 players contributing 10 goals

Players

Goals
Kenneth Muguna
Jacques Tuyisenge
Ephrem Guikan
Samuel Onyango
Dennis Oliech
2
Meddie Kagere
Boniface Omondi
Joachim Oluoch
Bernard Ondiek
Wellington Ochieng
Wesley Onguso
Erissa Ssekisambu
Nicholas Kipkirui

1



Nicholas Kipkirui has so far endeared himself to fans and his goal yesterday was his 5th league goal for Gor Mahia, making him the club’s leading scorer in the league. He also becomes the latest player to score for Gor Mahia having scored previously against them while turning out for its rivals.

The win against Zoo FC pushes Gor Mahia to second on the table, 1 point behind leaders Sofapaka but with 3 games in hand against them. Gor Mahia’s next league fixture comes against Kariobangi Sharks in Kisumu this weekend


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