What does APS Bomet really have in store for Gor Mahia this time around? And more importantly, will Kericho Green Stadium once again rise as a stumbling block for the new boys, or remain K’Ogalo’s happy hunting ground?
History says Gor Mahia should feel at home in the tea-zone. Confidence, however, is a tricky thing in football especially when you’ve already humiliated the giants once.
That haunting memory still lingers. On November 26, 2025, a league-leading Gor Mahia were stunned 4–1 by a struggling APS Bomet side at Nyayo National Stadium—one of the most shocking results of the first leg. That day, K’Ogalo crumbled. APS announced themselves.
Now the tables have turned, venue, momentum, pressure.
APS Bomet, once flirting dangerously with the relegation zone, now arrive with belief and swagger. That Nyayo win gave them more than three points; it gave them confidence and belief that Gor Mahia can be hurt.
But if there’s one thing K’Ogalo never do, it’s live in the past.
With continental qualification on the line and the title race razor-tight, Gor Mahia can’t afford another slip. AFC Leopards are breathing down their necks, and one wrong step could flip the script entirely.
This is no ordinary fixture, it’s survival at the summit.
On the touchline, it’s a duel worth the ticket alone. Charles Akonnor leads the Green Army, while APS are marshalled by Sammy Pamzo Omollo, a Gor Mahia legend plotting against his former house. Ruthless, emotional, personal.
And the stage? Kericho Green Stadium, a ground that smiles kindly on K’Ogalo.
Since 2017, Gor Mahia have never lost here:
- 2017 – 1–0 vs Ulinzi Stars (title momentum sealed)
- 2018 – 4–2 vs Zoo Kericho (Jacques Tuyisenge among the scorers)
- 2019 – 4–0 vs Zoo Kericho (Dennis Oliech brace)
- 2020 – 3–2 vs Zoo Kericho
This ground has history. It has memories. It has Gor Mahia’s fingerprints all over it.
APS may carry confidence. Gor Mahia carry history.
With the match set to be broadcast live on Azam TV, expect intensity, emotion, and no room for mistakes.
Prediction: Gor Mahia won’t forget Nyayo, but they won’t fear it either. Expect K’Ogalo to respond, level the head-to-head narrative, and remind APS that Kericho is still Green Army territory.
Sunday isn’t about revenge.
It’s about control.
And K’Ogalo know this ground too well to let it slip.