{"id":14209,"date":"2019-02-09T14:15:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T14:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2019-02-09T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T18:10:42","slug":"gor-mahia-floor-afc-leopards-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-floor-afc-leopards-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia floor AFC Leopards 2-0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/muguna-celeb-19.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Kenneth Muguna celebrates after scoring the first goal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia continued their march up the league table on Saturday when they sunk arch rivals AFC Leoopards 2-0 at Kasarani on Saturday. The goals came from Kenneth Muguna and a sublime free-kick from Francis Kahata. Aside from three crucial points, the result means Kogalo is in good form ahead of another crucial continental match this Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional reporting from Citizen Sports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After starting a passing move in the \nmidfield, Muguna raced towards goal to finish it off, placing the ball \nbeyond goalkeeper Eric Ndayishimiye after Kahata\u2019s delivery into a \ncrowded six yard box had fallen kindly into his path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former KPL MVP nearly doubled his tally for the afternoon minutes\n later only to see his effort from the edge of penalty area come off the\n crossbar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whyvonne Isuza headed over from a \nrebound six minutes to the break after Marcel Kaheza\u2019s free-kick had \nbrushed against the wall. Leopards threatened from another set piece at \nthe stroke of half time with Isaac Kipyegon\u2019s free-kick curling inches \nwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leopards looked recharged in the second half but a dreadful \nmisjudgment from Ndayishimiye allowed Kahata\u2019s free-kick to drop into \nthe back of his net after Harun Shakava had missed a headed attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor thought they had gone 3-0 up when Jacques Tuyisenge headed in Kahata\u2019s cross but his effort was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Substitute Erisa Ssekisambu spurned \nanother chance to put Gor three to the good when his heavy touch from \nclose in allowed Ndayishimiye to collect the ball after George Odhiambo \nhad found him with a low cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Starting XI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Boniface Oluoch, 26. Philemon Otieno, 6.Shafik Batambuze, 12.Joash \nOnayngo, 18.Haron Shakava, 20.Ernest Wendo, 11.Bonface Omondi, 21. \nKenneth Muguna, 7.Nicholas Kipkirui, 9. Jacques Tuyisenge, 8. Francis \nKahata<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Substitutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fredrick Odhiambo, 15. Joachim Oluoch, 27.Charles Momanyi, \n17.Bernard Ondiek, 25.George Odhaimbo, 23.Francis Mustapha, 22.Erisa \nSsekisambu<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AFC Leopards Starting XI<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ndayishimiye Eric, Isaac Kipyegon, Dennis Sikhayi, Robinson Kamura \u00a9,\n Salim Abdallah, Christopher Oruchum, Saad Musa, Whyvonne Isuzza, Marcel\n Kaheza, Odeny Jaffery, Wayi Yeka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Substitutes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jairus Adira, Mainge Yusuf, Mukangula Eugene, Victor Majid, Brian Marita, Odeny Aziz, Vincent Oburu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-floor-afc-leopards-2-0\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gor Mahia continued their march up the league table on Saturday when they sunk arch rivals AFC Leoopards 2-0 at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[590,106,107],"class_list":["post-14209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-2018-2019-kenya-premier-league","tag-gor-mahia-vs-afc-leopards","tag-mashemeji-derby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14209"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14318,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions\/14318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}