{"id":6676,"date":"2015-05-05T03:25:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T03:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2015-05-05T03:29:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T03:29:10","slug":"gor-mahias-best-start-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahias-best-start-in-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia&#8217;s best start in decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/gm-walk-15c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This past weekend, Gor Mahia became the first team in the 2015 Kenya Premier League to reach the 20 point mark. Gor Mahia thus opened up a four point lead in the league standings with a game to spare. But its not just the fact that Gor Mahia is winning but also the impressive manner in which they are dispatching teams.<\/p>\n<p>Against Ushuru in the previous weekend, Gor Mahia comprehensively outplayed the taxmen in all facets of the game. Against Ulinzi\u00a0 Gor Mahia knew fully well that the KDF side would attempt to intimidate them with physicality, something that military teams have always done since the early 198os with Scarlet FC of Nakuru featuring Ambrose Ayoyi &#8216;golden boy&#8217; and Washington Muhanji.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed Ulinzi have always been a tough nut to crack for Kogalo. In 2010 for example, Gor Mahia succumbed to a 0-1 loss at the hands of Ulinzi in their second match of the Kenya Premier League. Ulinzi repeated this feat again, beating Gor Mahia in the first leg of the 2012 season. Then in 2013, in the fifth match of the season, Ulinzi beat Gor Mahia 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015 however, Gor Mahia are unbeaten through nine games with an impressive goal difference of 14 goals. No team is even close.The next closest team has a goal difference of six. In terms of goals conceded, there has been concern about Gor Mahia&#8217;s inability to keep clean sheets. However a closer look reveals that Gor Mahia has conceded the fewest goals. This is in large part due to impressive displays by new signing Boniface Oluoch in the Gor Mahia goal, not to mention new arrivals, Sibomana, Nizigiyimana, Musa Mohamed, and Shakava, with Gattuso and Aucho patrolling the defensive midfield area.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia&#8217;s 23 goals scored is also the highest in the league. Now this is one area that Gor Mahia never does well. Even when they won the league in 2013 and 2014, they were not the highest in goals scored. In fact in 2013, despite winning the league, Gor Mahia scored a total of 32 goals throughout the whole season. There were three teams that scored more goals. A significant factor in this is the return of Ali Abondo who has been a pleasant surprise this season, finding the back of the net with regularity. Another new signing who has had a significant impact is Innocent Wafula with his brilliant runs down the flanks and ability to find the attackers with his crosses. The attacking pair of Olunga and Kagere are also starting to gain a measure of cohesion which will give opposing defences plenty of nightmares.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a comparison of the first 9 games of the season for the past 4 years:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/table9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since the period between 1999 and 2010 was a dry one for Gor Mahia, one can safely assume that they did not have a good start during this period.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed it has been decades since Gor Mahia had such a brilliant start to the season. To find a season when Gor Mahia had such a brilliant start to the season, fans may need to go back to the 1990s, perhaps the 1993 season. 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