Tusker Remain Top After KCB Stalemate, Rangers Hammer Lowly Chemelil

NAIROBI, Kenya- Tusker FC retained top spot in the SportPesa Premier League (SPL) table after a late Timothy Otieno penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw against ten-man Kenya Commercial Bank FC (KCB) on Saturday afternoon.

KCB opened the scoring in the 14th minute before Bethwel Warambo was sent off nine minutes later for a reckless challenge.

Tusker, who lead the standings with 17 points from nine matches, piled pressure in the second half and were rather fortunate to be gifted a spot kick in the fifth minute of added time.

KCB remain in fourth place with 15 points. level with Gor Mahia FC and AFC Leopards SC who will go head to head in the highly anticipated Mashemeji Derby tomorrow at the Kasarani Stadium from 3pm. 

In the early kick off on Saturday, Posta Rangers FC piled more misery on basement club Chemelil Sugar FC with a 3-0 thrashing to propel them into fifth place on the SPL table after a five match unbeaten streak. 

Chemelil are still yet to register a first win of the 2019/20 SPL campaign and remain rooted to the bottom of the standings with a dismal one point after eight matches. 

Another team that is yet to find their footing this season are SportPesa Cup winners Kariobangi Sharks FC who stumbled yet again with a 1-0 loss to newcomers Kisumu All Stars FC on Saturday.

Both teams have only won once this season and are languishing in 15th and 16th place respectively.

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