NSL: Bomet, Sacco win as title hunt gains momentum

National Super League side APS Bomet enhanced their stranglehold on the league leadership thanks to a narrow 1-0 victory over Naivas FC to open a six-point gap between them and second-placed Fortune Sacco.

Lawrence Kibet’s well-taken penalty in the first half was enough to secure all points on offer for Bomet as they held off a second-half barrage of attacks from Naivas to prevail at the final whistle.

Elsewhere, Fortune Sacco made the most out of Muhoroni Youth’s 1-0 loss to SS Assad to reclaim second spot thanks to a 2-0 success over struggling Mombasa Elite at Kianyaga stadium.

At the same time, struggling Silibwet Leons tactician Joseph Ongoro is confident his side will not be drawn into this season’s relegation dogfight at the end of the season.

Leons trounced struggling Kisumu All-Stars 4-2 on Wednesday at the IAAF Bomet stadium to rise to 13th on the log and will go all out for a similar outcome in their next assignment away to high-flying Muhoroni Youth.

Ongoro was particularly impressed by his side’s resilience against his former side, terming their latest conquest as a welcome spark that will launch their quest to stay afloat at the end of the season.

“We have struggled recently and we welcome today’s win because it moves us higher on the log as we chat our way to safety,” he said.  “I am confident about our chances of having fate in our as we approach the closing stages of the season.”

Kisumu All-Stars head coach Evans Oketch rued their slump against Silibwet to’ avoidable mistakes’ that they will have to arrest to rekindle their fight for safety.

“My biggest take away from the game was our ability to implement our game plan but costly mistakes robbed us of the win. We will address all the mistakes in our subsequent training sessions and I expect a response in our next assignment against Coastal Heroes,” he said.