Masinde Muliro, Daystar Falcons and South Coast Pirates are locked in a three-way race for the two home semifinal berths up for grabs in the KRU Championship. Each one of these three teams has won 7 and lost 1 of their 8 outings to date.
Masinde Muliro and Daystar are tied on 34 points but it is Masinde Muliro top of the log due to a superior goal difference. Pirates are third on 31 points.
Impala are distant fourth on 23 points with Western Bulls fifth on 18 points as JKUAT Cougars round off the top six on 14 points.
Mombasa are seventh on 12 points, same as eighth placed USIU Martials while UoE Trojans are ninth on 11 points.
Kabarak University sit in tenth place on 10 points while three time Kenya Cup champions Mean Machine are at the bottom of the second tier on 8 points.
Masinde Muliro won a challenging match day nine fixture away to USIU Martials, the 39-15 result seeing them top for another week.
Also winning big were Daystar Falcons who bagged the 38-8 win away to the UoE Trojans.
South Coast Pirates won a difficult fixture away courtesy of a 17-7 scoreline against Kabarak University while Western Bulls kept their playoff hopes alive with a 13-11 win over Mean Machine, a result that compounded Machine’s survival hopes.
Mombasa were also victorious, bagging an 18-17 home win over JKUAT Cougars.