Will Posta spoil Leopards party?

Former champions AFC Leopards will have their eyes trained on the summit of the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) when they accost Posta Rangers at the Ruaraka grounds. 

Leopards sit third with 32 points, three off league leaders Tusker who played Wazito to a one-all draw on Friday and a win against the Mailmen will take them to joint top. 

Ahead of the match, Leopards have been handed a big boost in their squad thanks to the return of the trio of Bienvenue Shaka, skipper Robinson Kamura and Cylde Senaji.

The three senior players skipped their previous match against Nzoia Sugar on various grounds but according to assistant coach Tom Juma, they trained with rest throughout the week. 

"The team has some depth as three players who were unavailable last weekend are back. Our defence was shaky against Nzoia but the preferred central defence partners are back and their experience will go a long way in caging the Posta forwards. The fitness levels of the players have slightly improved as we trained well in the week," he said.

Further, the former Kenyan international cautioned the players against underrating Posta and getting carried away by the fact that a win will take them to joint top. 

Statistics between the two sides show that Ingwe has won four of the last seven meetings with Posta bagging two and the rest of the duels ending evenly.

However, Posta boss Stanley Okumbi says history and form will count for nothing in the match which he believes will be tough.

Okumbi who will be seeking to extend his recent unbeaten run to five matches said the match will present him and the players another chance to ease their relegation fears.

"It is going to be a tough game considering that both team desperately need the three points. Thankfully, I don't have any injury concerns in my team. We trained well and the players should be able to give a good account of themselves and scale the team to safer rank, " said the former Harambee Stars coach