{"id":21093,"date":"2021-01-18T19:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=21093"},"modified":"2021-01-18T19:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:39:22","slug":"western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia","title":{"rendered":"Western Stima seek redemption against champs Gor Mahia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Western Stima will be seeking to bounce back to winning ways when they host defending champions Gor Mahia on Monday (today) at Moi Stadium in the\u00a0Football Kenya Federation (FKF)Premier League\u00a0match.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Standard Sports, Stima head coach Paul Ogai said he is confident of collecting maximum points after posting mixed results in their last three matches.<\/p>\n<p>The power men have failed to win in their last three matches, losing 2-1 to Kariobangi Sharks, 2-0 to Bandari and drawing 1-1 with Nzoia Sugar but Ogai remains positive ahead of the tie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have endured a tough three weeks where we have posted mixed results but I am confident we can win today. We know it won\u2019t be easy especially considering\u00a0Gor\u2019s\u00a0depth and talent but I believe if we play our cards right the way we have planned in training we can win,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn football anything can happen and I trust in my players. If we can show the character we had when we played and won against AFC Leopards then nothing cans stop us from collecting maximum points,\u201d the former Coast Stima coach added.<\/p>\n<p>Western Stima are currently in the relegation zone, ranked 16th in the premier league table with five points after registering only one win in their seven matches played.<\/p>\n<p>Stima\u2019s only win came against AFC Leopard last year in December and a win today will guarantee them a place above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-article row\">\n<div class=\"pad\">\n<div class=\"text-center px-md-4 py-2\">\n<div class=\"text mb-3\">Subscribe to Our Newsletter<\/div>\n<div class=\"form\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"textcol-12\">\n<p>Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest developments and special offers!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the other hand, champions\u00a0Gor\u00a0Mahia\u00a0landed in Kisumu early in the morning as they eye a second consecutive win in the league.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the second game for new head coach Carlos Vaz Pinto as he looks to bag maximum points to roll with a perfect start at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Gor\u00a0are currently three-place above Stima in the log, placed 13th with six points after winning two of their four matches played.<\/p>\n<p>K\u2019Ogalo who have three games in hand have lost against Tusker and Kariobangi Sharks but will be seeking to get their title campaign underway with victory in Kisumu.<\/p>\n<p>In their last five matches,\u00a0Gor\u00a0has not lost to Stima, winning two and drawing three in the past three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The match will kick-off at 3 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Western Stima will be seeking to bounce back to winning ways when they host defending champions Gor Mahia on Monday (today) at Moi Stadium in the\u00a0Football Kenya Federation (FKF)Premier League\u00a0match. Speaking to Standard Sports, Stima head coach Paul Ogai said he is confident of collecting maximum points after posting mixed results in their last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[828,529],"class_list":["post-21093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-fkf","tag-gor-mahia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Western Stima seek redemption against champs Gor Mahia - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Western Stima will be seeking to bounce back to winning ways when they host defending champions Gor Mahia on Monday (today)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Western Stima seek redemption against champs Gor Mahia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Western Stima will be seeking to bounce back to winning ways when they host defending champions Gor Mahia on Monday (today)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-18T19:39:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/western_stima_seek_r600547324320f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Western Stima seek redemption against champs Gor Mahia\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-18T19:39:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia\"},\"wordCount\":402,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/western_stima_seek_r600547324320f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"FKF\",\"Gor Mahia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/western-stima-seek-redemption-against-champs-gor-mahia\",\"name\":\"Western Stima seek redemption against champs Gor Mahia - 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