But wait a second, when did Gor Mahia last win a match in their first encounter with a promoted team? Last year we beat newly promoted Kakamega Homeboyz 3-0 but that was after drawing with Posta Rangers 0-0. Infact one has to go all the way back to 2010, when a double by Duncan Owiti "Macheda" (remember him?) and a goal by George Odhiambo "Blackberry" condemned Mahakama to a 3-1 defeat. Since then we have drawn 3 (Posta Rangers, Kakamega Homeboyz, Congo United) and lost 2 (Nakuru All Stars and Muhoroni Youth). Infact since 2011 we have not scored a goal in our first match of the season against a promoted team. Our record in the second match is slightly better, beating Kakamega Homeboyz last year and Bandari in 2011. The rest has been draws with a loss against Oserian in 2012.
Duncan Owiti "Macheda" was on the double the last time K'Ogalo won their first meeting against a newly promoted side
Gor Mahia has come a long way since that day in 2011 when Ezekiel Odera and Dan Makori were on the scoresheet against Congo United (the last time we scored a goal in our first match of the season against a promoted team) and fans will hope that the attacking force of Tuyisenge and Timothy Otieno who are the likely starters will finally break that duck.
Below are the results of our first encounters against newly promoted teams
2016
Posta Rangers 0-0
Kakamega Homoboyz 3-0
2014
Nakuru All Stars 0-2
KRA 0-0
2013
Kakamega Homeboyz 0-0
Bandari 0-0
2012
Muhoroni Youth 0-1
Oserian 0-1
2011
Congo 2-2
Bandari 1-0
2010
Mahakama 3-1
Posta Rangers 1-0
