In form Omala strikes again to guide K'Ogalo to victory over Bandari

Benson Omala once again continued with his brilliant start to the new 2022/2023 Football Kenya Federation Premier League as he bagged his fourth consecutive goal to guide Gor Mahia to an important 1-0 victory over Bandari on Wednesday afternoon.

In the match played at the Kasarani Main Stadium, the striker's seventh minute goal ended up to be the differential as K'Ogalo bounced back to winning ways folllowing their 1-1 draw with Kariobangi Sharks over the weekend where they dropped points for the first time this season.

While the record Kenyan champions were left the happier of the two sides at the end of the full time whistle, Bandari came out of the game with pressure continuing to mount on them as they were left winless in four games.

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"We gave Gor Mahia an easy gift today because apart from the goal, we never pressured them at all when they had the ball which made it easy for them to see out the game. The boys have not pushed themselves to the levels that I know they can play and we just have to correct that," Bandari head coach Anthony 'Modo' Kimani remarked.

"It was an extremely difficult game for us and we knew it would be because of the side Bandari are. I am happy that we got some valuable three points because our energy levels were not really full after playing only on Sunday in another difficult game. Overall I am more than happy for the win," Gor Mahia's Johnathan McKinstry noted.

In the match, it is Gor Mahia who made the positive start to the game as they took the early possession of the ball which ended to their benefit as a goalkeeping mistake by Michael Munyika who quared the ball straight to Omala.

In the 7th minute, Austin Odhiambo easily went past Amai Atariza before attempting to cut back the ball to find free markers in the area.

His innocuous attempt, which looked to be heading out of play, ended up being a problem to Munyika who parried the ball into Llyod Khavuchi's path who squared the ball to an unmarked Omala who easily tapped into an empty net in a goal that ended up being the match winner.

Gor Mahia Starting XI; 1. Gad Mathew 2. Paul Ochuoga 3. Geoffrey Ochieng' 4. Joshua Onyango 5. Dennis Ng'ang'a 6. Ernest Wendo 7. Lloyd Khavuchi 8. Alpha Onyango 9. Benson Omala 10. Austin Odhiambo 11. George Odhiambo

Bandari Starting XI; 1. Michael Wanyika 2. Amai Atariza 3. Siraj Mohammed 4. Brian Odera 5. Andrew Juma 6. Fidel Origa 7. Darius Msagha 8. Keegan Zakayo 9. Chris Ochieng' 10. Douglas Mokaya 11. Enock Machaka