Mathare United resumes its Premier League campaign on Saturday after a two-week break and welcomes Tusker FC at the Police Sacco Stadium on Saturday.
With no Cup action last weekend, John Kamau’s men have used the time away from competitive action to regroup and also maximise on rest as the second half of the season is now upon us.
The lads will be looking for maximum points against the Brewers to continue creating further daylight between them and the bottom three teams, and Francis Kayugi has shared the mindset of the players going into this match.
“It is not an easy game nor is it a hard one,” Kayugi, who recently returned to the team after a recent injury absence, said, “It will depend on how we, the players, prepare for this match, both physically and mentally.
“It is a must-win game for us, as you can see, we haven’t started the second leg as we would have hoped, with just one point from two games, and we do not want to dig ourselves further down the standings.”
Popularly known as Ali by his peers, Kayugi is in his second season with the team. This term, the centre half has grown into his own and has been crucial in the eight clean sheets we have kept. His efforts haven’t gone unnoticed, as he was recently awarded a contract extension, offsetting talk of a move away during the recently concluded mid-season transfer window.
Speaking on the rumours, Kayugi said, “The transfer rumours have been true, and they have unsettled me, I can confess. But not to the extent where I am not ready to serve the team. I am focusing fully on the team and any transfer business I have left fully for the club to handle.”
The reverse match against Tusker, played at Dandora Stadium back in October, ended 0-0.