Key Takeaways
- Tusker FC can move up to sixth place with victory over Mara Sugar on Friday.
- French coach Julien Mette demands more goals after only 24 in 28 league games.
- Bidco United must win all remaining matches to escape the relegation zone.
Tusker FC travel to Police Sacco Stadium, South C, on Friday knowing three points against Mara Sugar could lift them into the top six of the FKF Premier League with only five rounds left.
New coach Julien Mette, who took over after a difficult spell for the 13-time champions, watched his side draw 0-0 with Sofapaka last weekend. The Frenchman rotated his squad but was unhappy with the lack of cutting edge. Tusker have netted just 24 goals in 28 matches.
“We must score more,” Mette told reporters. “One goal per game is not good enough for this club. The players are angry after last week, and I hope that anger shows on the pitch.”
Defender Francis Oduor is out injured, and midfielder Vincent Owino remains sidelined with a long-term knee problem.
At Kasarani Annex on the same afternoon, Bidco United face Posta Rangers in a relegation six-pointer. Bidco sit second-from-bottom with 22 points, six adrift of safety. Because there will be no play-offs this season, the bottom three sides go down automatically. Only a win will keep Bidco’s dream of staying up alive.