KCB 0-0 Gor Mahia: Bankers’ halt K’Ogalo’s title ambitions.

K'Ogalo failed to stretch their lead at Kenyan Premier League summit and will blame themselves for not winning despite creating numerous scoring chances.

Gor Mahia failed to extend their lead at the top of Kenya Premier League standings after being held to a barren draw by hard fighting KCB at Nyayo Stadium on Wednesday.
The league champions however, remain top spot on 42 points but will blame themselves for not winning this one after wasting numerous scoring chances. Gor Mahia were on the offensive right from the word go and were unlucky not to have been ahead within the quarter hour mark.
In the 12th minute, Daniel Onyango tested KCB goalkeeper Zachariah Onyango with a long range effort but it did not bother the custodian. Then in 15th minute, Gor Mahia earned a free-kick outside KCB danger zone after Zachariah Onyango had handled outside his box.
Godfrey Kizito stepped up to take the free-kick and with the whole stadium expecting a goal he went for power instead of precision and the final shot went wide off the mark. Two minutes later, Kizito known for his powerful shots, was at it again this time forcing Zachariah Onyango to spill the shot for a fruitless corner.
Before that KCB's Raymond Murugi had been allowed to sneak in between two Gor Mahia defenders only to be denied by Jerim Onyango in goal. In the 20th minute, Gor Mahia backline which was having trouble marking, allowed Benjamin Chaka to make a turn and shoot at goal but the effort was not strong enough to count.
Timothy Otieno had the biggest miss just before half time break. After being placed through by Dan Sserunkuma, the youthful striker went for power with the ball flying beyond KCB goal.
In the second half, Gor Mahia continued with wasted chances. By the hour mark, Sserunkuma had been denied twice. However, the bankers were in charge of proceedings from then on but were too naive though Gor Mahia will have goalkeeper Jerim Onyango to thank for keeping a clean sheet.
KCB made first substitution bringing in Mohammed Kassim for Ronald Musanda while Gor Mahia brought on Patrick Oboya for Timothy Otieno without any impact on the results.