Nairobi City Stars

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  • Head-to-head: Nairobi City Stars (H) vs Nzoia Sugar (A): 2021/22 FKF Premier League season

    Head-to-head: Nairobi City Stars (H) vs Nzoia Sugar (A): 2021/22 FKF Premier League season

    For only the second time in the premier league, Nairobi City Stars will host Nzoia Sugar in an eighth round FKF Premier League tie on Wednesday 8 December 2021 in Ruaraka starting 1 pm.

    It will a first time meeting at Ruaraka as during the season opening game last season – in their maiden top flight clash – Simba wa Nairobi hosted Nzoia Sugar in Narok.

    In that game, City Stars ran out 2-0 winners thanks to goals by field skipper Anthony Muki Kimani and Oliver Maloba in a two minute blitz.

    The only other premier league tie between the two was last seasons’ reverse tie that was also held at Narok due to covid 19 restrictions that prevented Nzoia Sugar from hosting the game at the Sudi Stadium in Bungoma.

    Both teams head to the game dented as City Stars fell 2-1 in their last assignment to Kariobangi Sharks in Ruaraka as Nzoia went down 1-0 to visiting Kakamega Homeboyz in Sudi.

    Stretching back to last season’s opener, there is a change in coaches on either end.

    While Nicholas Muyoti is in for Bosnian Sanjin Alagic at City Stars, Ibrahim Shikanda is the man in charge of Peter Mwaura.

    Tablewise, City Stars is up fifth with 13 points compared to Nzoia who are further down at 17th spot with two points.

    Who will win this one?

    Summary

    KPL Games-2: Nairobi City Stars wins (2)

    Home games hosted by City Stars

    29 Nov 2020: Nairobi City Stars vs Nzoia Sugar, 2-0 (W)
    08 Dec 2021: Nairobi City Stars vs Nzoia Sugar, ??

  • Friendly fire: Friday wins over Juve, Black Boots

    Friendly fire: Friday wins over Juve, Black Boots

    Nairobi City Stars registered 5-0 and 7-0 wins over Juve FC and Black Boots FC, respectively, in friendly games played on Friday 12 November 2021 at Ngong Vapor grounds. 

    Against Juve, City Stars led 4-0 at the break with goals from Vincent Otieno aka Jamaica (15), Rowland Makati (17), Charles Otieno (35), and Ebrima Sanneh (42).

    Substitute Rodgers Okuse Okumu, in for Makati, added the final goal in the 56th minute.

    Skipper Anthony Kimani, Jamaica, Herit Mungai, and Sanneh provide the assists for goals one and two, then goals four and five.

    Against Black Boots, City Stars led 5-0 at the break before topping up with two more goals to register a 7-0 scoreline.

    Ezekiel Odera opened the scoring on 13 minutes off a Sven Yidah assist before Oliver Maloba doubled matters 12 minutes later off a delivery from Davis Agesa.

    Dennis Wanjala then dropped in two assists for Mike Madoya and Odera to score in the 35th and 42nd minutes, respectively, to make it 4-0.

    Madoya completed his brace with a 43rd-minute goal, off Davis Agesa assist to make it 5-0 going to the break.

    Second-half goals by Agesa and Makati in the 54th and 77th minutes, off Madoya and Davis assists, correspondingly, completed the rout of Black Boots.

    The friendly games were lined up to keep the squad active during the international break before the league resumes on the weekend of 20-21 November 2021.

    City Stars was last active in the league on Saturday 6 November where they dispatched Vihiga Bullets 4-0 at Ruaraka.

    Summary

    City Stars 5 Juve FC 0

    Scores and assists

    15th – Vincent Otieno (Anthony Kimani)
    17th – Rowland Makati (Vincent Otieno)
    35th – Charles Otieno
    42nd – Ebrima Sanneh (Herit Mungai)
    56th – Rodgers Okumu (Ebrima Sanneh)

    Lineups

    Nairobi City Stars: 1. Elvis Ochoro,19. Kevin Okumu, 12. Edwin Buliba, 28. Herit Mungai, 30. Anthony Kimani, 3. Charles Otieno, 14. Rowland Makati (7. Rodgers Okumu), 2. Elvis Ojiambo (26. Ebrima Sanneh, 9. Vincent Otieno

    Juve FC: Joshua Wanyama, Bernard Wachira, Eric Kigae, Romaric Logbogna, Dominic Felia, Victor Ingutia, Ibrahim Mokaya, Hussein Mzungu, Noel Taute, John Tariki, Simon Bambo

    Subs: Victor Oguni, Mohammed Babu, Michael Bekel, Daffan Anoh, Tonny Ochieng, Dodo, Chris

    Coach: Collins Tiego

    City Stars 7 Black Boots 0

    Scorers and assists

    13th -Ezekiel Odera (Sven Yidah)
    25th -Oliver Maloba (Davis Agesa)
    35th -Mike Madoya (Dennis Wanjala)
    42nd -Ezekiel Odera (Dennis Wanjala)
    43rd -Mike Madoya (Davis Agesa)
    54th -Davis Agesa (Mike Madoya)
    77th – Rowland Makati (Davis Agesa)

    Lineups

    City Stars: 23. Steve Njunge, 26. Dennis Wanjala, 4. Salim Abdallah, 27. Lennox Ogutu, 8. Calvin Masawa, 18. Sven Yidah, 10. Peter Opiyo, 21. Oliver Maloba, 5. Mike Madoya, 11. Davis Agesa, 32. Ezekiel Odera

    Black Boots: Mastra Okoth, Francis Mwansi, Shadrack Gichuhi, Bernard Kimani, Emmanuel Ngaira, Fredrick Ngige, Martin Kibiru, Michael Karanja, Bonface Wainaina, Joshua Ondieki, Alex Munyasa

    Subs: Peter Mbugua, Christopher Otieno, Kenneth Ndungu, Dennis Njogu, Dairus Ndungi,Arcadieus Karanja

    Coach: Christopher Wekesa

  • Head-to-head: Nairobi City Stars (H) vs Vihiga Bullets (A): 2021/22 FKF Premier League season

    Head-to-head: Nairobi City Stars (H) vs Vihiga Bullets (A): 2021/22 FKF Premier League season

    Vihiga Bullets will be guests to Nairobi City Stars at Ruaraka on Saturday 6 November 2021 for a sixth-round FKF Premier League tie set to roll off at 3 pm.

    It’s a historic game as the two sides have never met in the top-flight league.

    While it will be the first premier league meet, it will only be the third time that City Stars and Bullets will be facing off in the recent past.

    While in the second tier during the 2019/20 National Super League (NSL) season, the two met twice, with City Stars posting a 2-1 away win at Bukhungu in September 2019 before topping up with a 2-0 win in the reverse game at Camp Toyoyo in January 2020.

    The Bukhungu game was played twice in two days. Due to force majeure -heavy rains-, the first game aborted when City Stars was leading 1-0 in the 78th minute.

    Into the upcoming game, City Stars has so far picked ten points from the first five games compared to one by their visitors.

    From the immediate past set of games, City Stars managed a 1-1 draw against Posta Rangers as Bullets ran neighborhood rivals Kakamega Homeboyz close before narrowly being edged out 3-2 at Bukhungu. They had twice come from behind to tie the game 2-2.

    Those results will set up the tone for the Ruaraka affair on Saturday evening when Vihiga Bullets Coach Evans Mafuta parades his boys against his counterpart Nicholas Muyoti.

    City Stars will have up to ten players that met Bullets in Toyoyo back in January 2020 available for the upcoming game.

    They include goal scorers Oliver Maloba and Ezekiel Odera, as well as Ebrima Sanneh who scored a brace in the first leg.

    Summary

    KPL games: 0

    NSL Games – 2

    9-Sep-2019; Vihiga Bullets vs Nairobi City Stars, 1-2 (W)
    20-Jan-2020; Vihiga Bullets vs Nairobi City Stars, 2-0 (W)

    Ebrima Sanneh contesting the ball against a Vihiga Bullets player at Camp Toyoyo on Sat 18 Jan 2020
    City Stars vs Vihiga Bullets at Camp Toyoyo on Sat 18 Jan 2020. They won 2-0
  • Maloba, ‘Shitu’ in for Posta Rangers clash

    Maloba, ‘Shitu’ in for Posta Rangers clash

    From the squad that hit Bidco United 2-0 on Sunday 24 October 2021, head coach Nicholas Muyoti has made two changes ahead of the next assignment against Posta Rangers at the Thika Stadium on Saturday 30 October starting 1 pm. 

    Stopper Salim Shitu Abdalla, who missed the last two games against Wazito and Bidco United, has returned to the squad and is in line to face his former employers Rangers.

    Also coming into the squad, for the first time this season, is ball player Oliver Maloba who had been nursing an injury.

    Maloba missed the final six premier league games last season due to Kenya U23 team duty out in Ethiopia from where he returned with a thigh injury.

    Shitu and Maloba take up the slots of Edwin Buliba and Charles Otieno who were part and parcel of the lot that faced Wazito and Bidco United.

    From the squad that drew with Posta Rangers in the penultimate game of last season, and left it late to draw 2-2, the changes are seven.

    Other than Otieno and Buliba, the other players who were in the squad then but will miss out include goalkeeper Elvis Ochoro as well as left-footed Herit Mungai.

    Bolton Omwenga who started the game has since left the club while Ebrima Sanneh and John Kamau who came on as substitutes for Kevin Okumu and Davis Agesa, respectively, were not picked for the game.

    Maloba is one of the new faces in the game besides keeper Jacob Osano who is in for Ochoro, overall skipper and utility fullback Calvin Masawa, as well as striker Vincent Otieno Okoth aka Jamaica. 

    Newcomers Michael Madoya, left-back Dennis Decha Wanjala, and stopper Lennox Ogutu complete the changes.

    20-man squad to face Posta Rangers

    Goalkeepers: 16. Jacob Osano, 23. Steve Njunge

    Defenders: 4. Salim Abdalla,8. Calvin Masawa, 19. Kevin Okumu, 25. Kenedy Onyango, 26. Dennis Wanjala, 27. Lennox Ogutu

    Midfielders: 2. Elvis Noor Ojiambo,  21. Oliver Maloba,  5. Mike Madoya, 7. Rodgers Okumu, 18. Sven Yidah, 20. Timothy Ouma, 30. Anthony Kimani

    Strikers: 9. Vincent Otieno Okoth, 11. Davis Agesa, 17. Nicholas Kipkirui, 24. Erick Ombija, 32. Ezekiel Odera

    Not considered: 6. Ronney Kola, 22. Wycliffe Otieno (both injured) 1. Elvis Ochoro,  10. Peter Opiyo,  12. Edwin Buliba, 14. Rowland Makati, 15. John Kamau, 28. Herit Mungai, 29. Ebrima Sanneh, 3. Charles Otieno

  • No change against Bidco United

    No change against Bidco United

    Head coach Nicholas Muyoti has maintained the same lot that took out Wazito 3-1 on Thursday 21 October 2021 in a third-round 2021/22 FKF Premier League clash for the next duel at the same venue against Bidco United on Sunday starting 1 pm.

    With the status quo in the playing unit, Salim Shitu Abdallah who was unavailable for the Wazito game, as well as Oliver Maloba, will not be facing Bidco United on Sunday.

    Peter Pinchez Opiyo who skipped the July home game due to injury, will also miss the game against the club based in his hometown.

    From the squad that faced Bidco in Ruaraka in late July 2021, and went down 2-1, changes are seven.

    Keeper Elvis Ochoro, left fullbacks Bolton Omwenga, Wesley Onguso, and Herit Mungai, as well as stoppers Salim and Wycliffe Otieno, are all out.

    Midfielders Aziz Okaka and John Kamau are all not in the Sunday plans. Okaka, Onguso, and Bolton have since left Simba wa Nairobi.

    Keeper Jacob Osano takes up Ochoro’s slot, as stoppers Kenedy Vidic Onyango who was suspended in July due to accumulated yellow cards, and new signing Lennox Ogutu occupy slots vacated by Salim and the injured Wycliffe.

    Sven Yidah who was on duty with Kenya U23 at CECAFA, Eric Ombija who was on compassionate leave, and fleet-footed Rodgers Okuse Okumu who was rested then, are all in for the Sunday show after missing the Bidco clash in July.

    New signing Mike Madoya, in from Tusker in the offseason, takes up the final spot.

    Nairobi City Stars squad vs Bidco United

    Goalkeepers: 16. Jacob Osano, 23. Steve Njunge

    Defenders: 12. Edwin Buliba, 8. Calvin Masawa, 19. Kevin Okumu, 25. Kenedy Onyango, 26. Dennis Wanjala, 27. Lennox Ogutu

    Midfielders: 2. Elvis Noor Ojiambo, 3. Charles Otieno, 5. Mike Madoya, 7. Rodgers Okumu, 18. Sven Yidah, 20. Timothy Ouma, 30. Anthony Kimani,

    Strikers: 9. Vincent Otieno Okoth, 11. Davis Agesa, 17. Nicholas Kipkirui, 24. Erick Ombija, 32. Ezekiel Odera

    Not considered: 6. Ronney Kola, 22. Wycliffe Otieno (both injured) 1. Elvis Ochoro, 4. Salim Abdalla, 10. Peter Opiyo,  14. Rowland Makati, 15. John Kamau, 21. Oliver Maloba, 28. Herit Mungai, 29. Ebrima Sanneh

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